15 Week Test Flashcards
To move to action, to impel
Actuate
To lower in esteem, degrade, to humble
Abase
To turn aside, turn away, to prevent, avoid
Avert
Inactive, in a state of suspension, sleeping
Dormant
To deliver a loud, ranting speech, a loud speech
Harangue
To make a destructive raid on, to torment, harass
Harry
A tricky, unprincipled or deceitful fellow
Knave
Generosity, generous act, breadth of mind or outlook
Liberality
One who begins a lawsuit
Plaintiff
To examine, investigate thoroughly, an investigation, a device used to explore or examine
Probe
To cut or take from a quarry, a place from which stone is taken, something that is hunted or pursued
Quarry
To refuse with scorn, disdain
Spurn
An excuse or trick for escaping or hiding something
Subterfuge
Done with others
Concerted
Unbearable
Intolerable