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 |