Vocab Part I

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depict 

to represent by or as if by a picture

simultaneouslyexisting or

occurring at the same time;

exactly coincident

predicamenta difficult,

perplexing, or trying situation

interminablehaving or

seeming to have no end,

wearisomely protracted

unorthodox not conforming to established

standards, unconventional

renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to

another

polysyllabic characterized by words of many

syllables

refuteto disprove, to

show as erroneous

flogto beat with or as if with a rod or

whip; to criticize harshly

inscrutable difficult to understand; mysterious

discountenancedto look with

disfavor on; discourage by

evidence of disapproval

gambolingplayfully

skipping or laughing

saboteur one that destroys

property or normal

operations (usually in a war

effort)

raspingly irritatingly

reverberate to become driven back; to become

reflected

reproach to blame for something; a

disgrace

fathomcomprehension

disdain intense dislike; to treat with scorn or

contempt, to reject as

unworthy

annihilate to cause to cease

to exist

repudiate to reject, to

disown, to disvow

shrewish ill-natured;

intractable (not easily governed,

managed, or directed)

orificean opening (as a vent, mouth, or hole) through

which something may pass

collate to compare critically; to

collect, compare carefully in order

to verify, and often to integrate or

arrange in order

multifarious great in variety,

diverse

kaleidoscopea succession of

changing phases or actions

denounceto pronounce,

especially publicly, to be

blameworthy or evil

implicate to bring into intimate or

incriminating connection (to

imply)

hoardnoun: supply or fund stored up

and often hidden away

verb: to keep (as one's thoughts) to

oneself

remorselessly done with having

no remorse (guilt)

venerateto honor, to

revere

hereticone who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine

catapult noun: a device for

launching an airplane at flying

speed verb: to throw or launch by or as if

by a catapult

irrepressibleimpossible to

repress, restrain, or control

proliferate to increase in

number as if by multiplying

debauchery moral corruption

promiscuity miscellaneous mingling or selection of

persons or things; unrestricted

sexual behavior

aquiline curving like an eagle's beak

jostleto come in contact or into collision; to make one's way by

pushing and shoving; to exist in

close proximity

listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

incriminate to charge with or show evidence or

proof of involvement in a

crime or fault

posterityfuture

generations, all descendants of a

person

stratum a horizontal layer

balminesshaving the

qualities of balm: soothing; mild

sordidfilthy, foul

altercation a noisy heated angry dispute; also : noisy controversy

meditatively marked by or conducive to meditation;

disposed or given to meditation

innumerable too many to be

numbered; countless

cumbersome difficult to

handle, unwieldy

officiousness volunteering one's services where they are

neither asked nor needed; informal

or unofficial

unprocurable

unable to be procured (unable to

get and make available for promiscuous

sexual intercourse)