Thursday, January 17, 2013

Vocabulary 1

1) Mirth – amusement or laughter; noun

2) Liege – a lord; noun

3) Parricide – the act of killing one’s father, mother, or other close relative; noun

4) Verity – something that is true as a principle, belief, idea, or statement; noun

5) Avarice – insatiable greed for riches; noun

6) Avaunt – away; adverb

7) Posterity - succeeding or future generations collectively; noun

8) Homage - respect or reverence paid or rendered; noun

9) Cloistered - secluded from the world; sheltered; adjective

10) Equivocator - to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; verb

11) Eminence – a high ranking; noun

12) Avouch – to make frank acknowledgement or affirmation of, declare or assert with positiveness; verb

13) Thralls – a person who is in bondage, slave; noun

14) Malevolence – the feeling of hatred; noun


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