Vocab Unit 14

adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed

n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance

n.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing

adj.) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant

n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing

v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use

n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership

n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute

adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

adj.) about to happen, threatening

adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

• adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind
• v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince
• n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers

n.) small or trivial details, trifling matters

n.) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay

n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

n.) one who is rejected by a social group or organization

• adj.) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream
• n.) one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight

adj.) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)