Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Vocabulary List Six


Palliate – to relieve or lessen without curing, alleviate; verb

Confiscate – to seize by or as if by authority; verb

Inundate – to flood or overwhelm; verb

Deprecate – to express earnest disapproval of; verb

Exonerate – to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task; verb

Capitulate – to surrender unconditionally; verb

Svelte – slender, adjective

Diurnal – of or pertaining to a day or each day, daily; adjective

Canopy – a covering of some type; noun

Patrimony – an estate inherited from one’s father or ancestors; noun

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