Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 5
Word List
- amnesty
(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution - precept
(n.) a rule of conduct or action - autonomy
(n.) self-government, political control - salutary
(adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome - axiomatic
(adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle - scathing
(adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm - blazon
(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely - scourge
(v.) to whip, punish severely; (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism - caveat
(n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior - sepulchral
(adj.) funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal - equitable
(adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice - soporific
(adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy (n.) something that induces sleep - extricate
(v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort - straitlaced
(adj.) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical - filch
(v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts - transient
(adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time - flout
(v.) to mock, treat with contempt - unwieldy
(adj.) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity - fractious
(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable - vapid
(adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force