Vocabulary Unit 3 Word List
- abridge:
(v) to make shorter
- adherent:
(n) a follower, supporter
- altercation:
(n) an angry argument
- cherubic:
(adj) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful,
round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
- condone:
(v) to pardon or overlook
- dissent:
(v) to disagree
- eminent:
(adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
- exorcise:
(v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing,
or oppressive
- fabricate:
(v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
- irate:
(adj) angry
- marauder:
(n) a raider, plunderer
- obesity:
(n) excessive fatness
- pauper:
(n) an extremely poor person
- pilfer:
(v) to steal in small quantities
- rift:
(n) a split, break, breach
- semblance:
(n) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
- surmount:
(v) to overcome, rise above
- terminate:
(v) to bring to an end
- trite:
(adj) commonplace; overused, stale
- usurp:
(v) to seize and hold a position by force or without right