Vocabulary Unit 12 Word list
- appreciable:
(adj) sufficient
to be noticed or measured
- autocratic:
(adj) absolute
in power or authority
- blanch:
(v) to remove the
color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil
- blasphemy:
(n) an act, utterance, or writing showing
contempt for something sacred
- brawny:
(adj) strong,
muscular
- concerted:
(adj) planned
or performed in cooperation with others
- contend:
(v) to fight,
struggle; to compete; to argue
- humane:
(adj) kind,
merciful
- illustrious:
(adj) very
famous, distinguished
- intolerable:
(adj) unbearable;
insufferable; outrageous
- irreverent:
(adj) disrespectful;
profane; impious; flippant
- laborious:
(adj) not
easy, requiring hard work; hardworking
- lithe:
(adj) bending
easily, limber
- maltreat:
(v) to abuse, use
roughly or crudely
- ponder:
(v) to consider
carefully, reflect on
- subversive:
(adj) intended
to undermine or overthrow; (n) one who advocates or attempts to undermine
a political system
- synthetic:
(adj) made
or put together by people; (n) something artificial
- temperate:
(adj) mild,
moderate
- venomous:
(adj) poisonous;
spiteful, mean
- wily:
(adj) sly,
shrewd, cunning