Night Vocab
for monday's test...
Terms
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- automaton
- (n) acting like a robot; mindless follower/group member
- harangued
- (v) long ranting or angry speech (in past tense)
- encumbered
- (adj) burdened
- tempest
- (n) a violent wind storm
- pillage
- (v) to rob by force
- lamentation
- (n) deep grief or mourning
- interminable
- (adj) tiresomely long
- barometer
- (n) anything that shows or measures change
- reprieve
- (n) a postponement/cancellation from punishment
- abyss
- (n) a very deep hole
- crucible
- (n) a severe test
- derision
- (n) enjoyably hateful/scornful
- atonement
- (n) to offer compensation for wrongdoing or sin
- pious
- (adj) deeply religious or devoted
- convalescent
- (n/adj) recover from injury or illness
- contagion
- (n) a spreadable disease
- conscientiously
- (adv) thoroughly and thoughtfully
- pestilential
- (adj) deadly
- monotonous
- (adj) unchanging tone; boring
- embarkation
- (n) the beginning of a journey
- lucidity
- (n) clearness (of mind); in control
- reverie
- (n) day-dream or fantasizing
- edict
- (n) proclamation or order