Vocabulary Unit 7 This unit begins with "antecedent" and continues to "verbatim." Tools A B antecedent An occurence or event preceding another; going before; the noun which a pronoun replaces cloister A tranquil, secluded place coup The violent overthrow of a government by a small group or a victorious accomplishment creditor A person to whom money is owed deft Dexterous, skillful embody To give bodily form to; to personify; to make part of a system entice To lure, to attract, to tempt in a pleasing fashion forsake To abandon, to give up, to renounce hoard To accumulate for future use; to stockpile languish To become weak or feeble; to sag with loss of strength mirage An unreal reflection; an optical illusion misanthrope Someone who hates mankind noisome Stinking; offensive; disgusting oust To eject; to force out; to banish philanthropy Love of mankind, especially through charitable gifts and deeds pillage To rob of goods by violent seizure; to plunder; to take as spoils remorse A strong feeling of sadness or guilt for having done something wrong truncate To shorten by cutting off ubiquitous Having the quality of being everywhere at the same time verbatim Word for word; using exactly the same words