A | B |
abridge | (v) to make shorter |
adherent | (n) a follower, supporter; (adj) attatched, sticking to |
altercation | (n) an angry argument |
cherubic | (adj) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a round face; sweet and innocent |
condone | (v) to pardon or overlook |
dissent | (v) to disagree; (n) disagreement |
eminent | (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
exorcise | (v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing or opressive |
fabricate | (v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
irate | (adj) angry |
marauder | (n) raider, plunder |
obesity | (n) excessive fattness |
pauper | (n) an extremely poor person |
pilfer | (v) to steal in small quanties |
rift | (n) a split, break, breach |
semblance | (n) likeness; an outward appearance, an apparition |
surmount | (v) to overcome, rise above |
terminate | (v) to bring to an end) |
trite | (adj) commonplace, overused, stale |
usurp | (v) to sieze and hold a position by force or without right |