Crimson Review Week 3
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- meager
- insufficient in quantity
- fervor
- great warmth and enthusiasm, heated emotion
- efface
- to erase or remove, to behave modestly and inconspicuously
- frivolous
- improperly silly, unimportant, trivial
- parsimonious
- stingy, miserly
- prudent
- wise and cautious, having or showing good judgement
- aesthetic
- having to do with beauty or good taste
- poaching
- trespassing on another's property to hunt or fish
- concise
- brief and to the point
- loitering
- lingering around without any aim or reason
- perjury
- the act of lying under oath or knowingly giving false testimony
- vagrancy
- the crime of not having a permanent home
- digress
- to wander off the main topic, to stray from the main point, to ramble
- gluttonous
- eating and drinking a lot, having or noted for an extreme appetite
- defamation
- falsely attacking someone's good name or reputation
- depravity
- perverted wickedness, twisted immorality
- conviction
- a strongly held opinion or belief
- diffident
- shy and timid
- arson
- to intentionally set fire to a building or other property
- euphony
- agreeableness of sounds or words
- elaborage
- worked out with great care, very or overly detailed
- larceny
- theft or stealing
- felony
- any serious crime, such as rape or murder
- solemn
- very serious, serious and a little gloomy
- dubious
- doubting, or questionable authenticity, origin, or morality
- engender
- to cause, to create or bring into existence
- battery
- offensively touching another person, punching, kicking
- amorphous
- lacking definite shape, lacking structure or organization
- prodigal
- recklessly wasteful, noted for unrestrained abundance or generosity
- rectify
- to set right, correct, or remedy
- supplant
- to take the place of, to displace
- condone
- to silently overlook or disregard an offense
- coercion
- the use of force, threats, or intimidation to control others
- copious
- plentiful, in great supply, abundant
- pragmatic
- practical, concerned with facts and actual reality
- tangible
- touchable, easily grasped, easily understood
- extortion
- taking money from another person by force or threats
- coalesce
- to unite, join together into a group, or merge
- diverse
- having different qualities, forms, backgrounds, variety
- ameliorate
- to improve a bad condition or situation
- fraud
- when someone intentionally lies or hides the truth to get something
- bigamy
- having more than one spouse
- embezzlement
- illegally taking money that does not belong to you
- altruism
- unselfish concern for others
- auspicious
- indicating that success or good things are to come, favorable
- blithe
- cheerful, with worries, showing a lack of concern
- anarchy
- a lack of government or ruling authority, lack of order, chaos
- encumber
- to hinder, hamper, to put obstacles in the way of
- audacity
- boldness or daring, rude and arrogant boldness
- guile
- clever deceptiveness, cunning trickery
- discernment
- sharpness of perception or judgement
- abstemious
- eating and drinking very little, noted for moderation
- embellish
- to decorate or exaggerate by adding fictitious details to