Monday, October 22, 2012

Vocab.

flout: Openly disregard
 caveat: A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations
 blazon: Display prominently or vividly.
 filch: Pilfer or steal (something, esp. a thing of small value) in a casual way.
 fractious: Easily irritated; bad-tempered: "they fight and squabble like fractious children".
 equitable: Fair and impartial.
 autonomy: The right or condition of self-government
 addendum: An item of additional material
 amnesty: An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
 axiomatic: Self-evident or unquestionable.
 extricate: Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.
 soporific: Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
 scathing: Witheringly scornful
 unwieldy: Difficult to carry or move because of its size
 vapid: Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
 prognosticate: Foretell or prophesy
 sepulchral: Of or relating to a tomb or interment
 salutary: Producing good effects
 straitlaced: priggish: exaggeratedly proper
 scourge: A whip used as an instrument of punishment.
 precept: A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought.
 transient: Lasting only for a short time; impermanent.

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