Vocabulary List #27: 4/20/98
abhor to detest; hate
abrogate to cancel by authority
accede to take on the duties of; to attain (to)
affront insult; derogatory remark
akimbo with hands on hips
bacchanal a party with excessive drinking; a drunken party
badger to tease or annoy
balm something that soothes or heals
bastion a fortification or defense
beset to charge or attack
biennial occurring every 2 hours; every other year
billingsgate vulgar; abusive talk or language
cache a hiding place; hidden things
callow silly or immature
carnage slaughter
catapult to shoot or launch; to leap
chafe to rub together for warmth; to irritate
chronicle a historical record arranged in order of time
desiccate to dry up
detonate to explode; to blow up
disseminate to scatter or spread about
ebullient enthusiastic
engrossed absorbed; fully occupied
evasive not frank or straight forward
gamut running the entire range; covering the whole spectrum
gentry people of education and good birth
gustatory pertaining to tasting and the sense of taste
imbroglio a confusion; a misunderstanding
impale to fix on a pointed object; to stab
incessant without end; continuing forever

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