Random Vocab Oct. 10

a seal used especially as a mark of official approval

• coolly and patronizingly haughty
• (supercilium is Latin for eyebrow)

a servile self seeking flatterer

• 1. to make holy
• 2. to respect greatly

• 1. intra- to waste away physically
• 2. tran- to make feeble

face or appearance of a person

reflective power

anger

toleration of worship of all gods

a temporary stay

• a space that intervenes between things (interstices of a brick wall)
• a short space of time between events

a usually questionable remedy

stingy

effectiveness

moral or ethical consideration that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions; qualm

• elevated in character and spirit
• supercilious; haughty

a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals are joined at the heads/necks to work together

Islamic guerrilla fighters, especially in the Middle East

someone who is in their eighties

based on the number 20

to be or become feeble, week, enervated

to make better or more tolerable

• to present an obstacle to
• NOT STUN

• felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body
• instinctive, unreasoning

to feel or express sympathy

• chew
• to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading

• to attack the reputation of; defame
• to deny or attack the importance or validity of; belittle

• to describe
• to delineate

• judge
• someone whose opinion is considered authoritative

• to shelter, conceal
• to establish, settle

disquietude or distress of the mind caused by humiliation, disappointment or failure

a file containing detailed records on a particular subject or person

• a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy
• a grant of government funds to the unemployed

a long straight-edged dagger

to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way

• crude, offensive
• characterized by or using coarse indecent humor

exuberance

award

amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion

the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal

offence (take umbrage/offence to)

• whiteness, brilliance
• freedom from prejudice or malice
• forthrightness

• drunk enough to be emotionally silly
• weakly and effusively sentimental

highly injurious or destructive; deadly

lying on the back or with the face upward

lacking originality; trite

an exact copy

• marsh, swamp
• a situation that traps, confuses or impedes

• the nest of a bird on a cliff or mountaintop
• an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure or position

• overwhelm
• flood

native

• stylish
• polite

• nonchalant
• offhand