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 |