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Vocab. Mr carson
40 cards·by jessica_cruz
advocate
plead in favor; support
coalesce
unit; merge; cooperate
disperse
distribute or spread widely
disseminate
distribute; spread widely
elucidate
explain fully; clarify
endorse
support; patronize
forestall
anticipate a future action and prevent it
impartial
fair; just; unbiased
lampoon
ridicule through speech or writing; satirize
parody
imitate in order to ridicule
provoke
incite to action; bring about
adroit
skillful; highly competent; agile
arduous
hard to achieve; strenuous; difficult
astrophy
waste away; become useless
austere
strict, rigorously self-disciplined
elusive
skillfully evasive; hard to identify or catch
feasible
capable of being accomplished; possible
formidable
intimidating; impressive; hard to overcome
futile
ineffective; useless; unsucessful
lax
not strict with rules or conduct; negligent; careless
preclude
prevent; make impossible
resilient
able to recover quickly
rigorous
very strict; precise
stringent
demanding high standards
innovate
new or different; novel
profound
deep; deeply felt; intell
candid
straightforward; honest; blunt
rescind
take away; cancel
condone
overlook, excuse
alienate
make hostile; separate
vociferous
noisy ; lousy; vocal
curtail
shorten, reduce
dissent
disagree
trivialize
act as if something is of little or no importance
repudiate
refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject
refute
prove wrong or false
alienate
make hostile; separate
admonish
express disapproval gently; warn
castigate
reprimand severely
chastise
punish; criticize severly