New Words 15 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Complicity
Partnership in wrongdoing
My dog do
My dog made a mess and I didn’t say anything that’s why I was an complicity
Liquidation
Disposal of, killing
Accomplice
An associate in crime
My dog made a mess and I didn’t say anything that’s why I was an accomplice
Recant
Withdraw previous statements
Culpable
Deserving blame
I
Abrogate
Abolish
Alleged
Reported, supposed
Access
admittance
I have access to the kitchen at my work
Invalidate
To deprive of legal force, to nullify
Preclude
Abolish
The wind precludes the ships from leaving
Persevere
Persist
Mr. Blehm keeps persevering for me to speak English.
Landmark
Historical, turning point of a period
The casino is the more landmark of the island
Extrinsic
Coming from the outside
Declaim
Speak loudly
Fetter
To hamper
Intrinsic
Inside
Paragon
Model of excellence
My mom and my dad want me to be a paragon for my sister
Nomadic
Stray dogs are nomadic
Asperity
Harshness of temper-get angry
Epithet
Descriptive name
People gave my dad an epithet Joel the Chef
Controversial
Debatable
My mom is controversial when she “Don’t answer me” and after she say “Answer me, I’m asking you something”