Q4 Vocab 1-9

a basic attitude or governing spirit, disposition; an unusually prejudiced and spiteful ill will

to call a defendant before a court to answer to a charge; to accuse of wrongdoing

(of organisms) having a characteristic or trait typical of an ancestral form; reverting to a past style, manner, outlook, or approach

to sway from side to side, lurch; to cause a boat to lean over on one side

a physically stunted and mentally retarded person; an extremely stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person, a philistine

listlessness or despondency; a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump

a word or expression that is capable of several interpretations, one of which may be off-color; any ambiguity of language

to surrender (an alleged criminal) to the authority having jurisdiction to try the case (usually another state or foreign country) pursuant to the terms of an international treaty or state statute

to use delaying tactics, like endless speechifying, to retard or prevent a legislature from acting; to engage in revolutionary activities in a foreign country

behaving or dressing like a vain and silly person, foolish, silly

to make expressive movements of one’s arms or hands, especially when speaking

a license to print or publish, especially from a Roman Catholic episcopal authority; approval of a publication from an official censor; any type of sanction or approval; a mark of distinction or honor

involving the user’s participation; designed to involve the user in some role in order to complete or perform

relating to the motion of material things and the forces or energy produced by them; active, lively; dynamic, energized; (of art) having mechanical parts that can be set in motion

to dissolve one substance out of another as the result of the seepage of a liquid through it; to subject to such an action; to remove by or as if by seepage

a peg inserted crosswise to lock or hold together a device; anything that serves to hold together all the elements of some complex design

the willful deprivation of a bodily limb; any willful crippling of the body; any willful damage or violence

bothersome and persistent in a tiresome or petty way, petty

the facial features as understood to reveal character or inner qualities; the art of discerning these from a person’s outward features; any external appearance

to assume or claim to be true, necessary, or real, hypothesize; to depend upon or start from such a claim or assumption; to demand, claim, require

having the ability to assume different shapes or forms, varying, changeable; displaying great diversity or variety, versatile

powerful, mighty

to supply, usually as a matter of business; to beddle

a spark or flash; a minute amount, a trace, an iota, a jot

unconfined, unhampered, unrestrained

felt or as if felt by the internal organs, deep; instinctive rather than intellectual, unreasoning; characterized by crude or elemental emotions, earthy

to pull or force away by a violent twisting action; to gain with difficulty by or as if by force, violence, or labor