Unit 7 Vocabulary

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abhor

Back 1

(v.) to regard with horror or laothing, to hate deeply

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amend

Back 2

(v.) to change in a formal way, to change for the better

Front 3

buffet

Back 3

(v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty

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chaos

Back 4

(n.) great confusion, disorder

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commodious

Back 5

(adj.) roomy, spacious

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corrosive

Back 6

(adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike, bitterly sarcastic

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discern

Back 7

(v.) to see clearly, to recognize

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extant

Back 8

(adj.)still existing, not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

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implicate

Back 9

(v.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

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inter

Back 10

(v.) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

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martinet

Back 11

(n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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obviate

Back 12

(v.) to anticpate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

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renegade

Back 13

(n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter; outlaw, (adj.) traitrous, unconventional, unorthodox

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reprehensible

Back 14

(adj.) deserving blame or punishment

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somber

Back 15

(adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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squalid

Back 16

(adj.) filthy, wretched, debased

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turbulent

Back 17

(adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy

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vociferous

Back 18

(adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention

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voluminous

Back 19

(adj.) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

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waive

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(v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to ut off temporarily, defer