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Vocabulary Lesson 17

AB
extricatedto release from an entanglement or a difficulty; to set free
menialof or suited to a servant; a domestic servant
rampantgrowing without check or restraint; flourishing; widespread
cajoledto persuade by pleasant words; to coax with flattery and insincere talk; to wheedle
pestilencea contagious and often fatal disease that spreads rapidly; an illness of epidemic proportions; a destructive or evil influence or factor
anarchythe absence of government or law; political disorder
nadirthe point in the celestial sphere directly below the observer and opposite the zenith; the lowest possible point
ethnologythe branch of anthropology that deals with various races of people, their origins, distribution, characteristics, and cultures
impairedto make worse; to damage or weaken
commodiousroomy; spacious

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