Unit 29 Flashcards
to transgress
to break a law or moral rule
to encroach
to take control of something in a gradual way and often without being noticed
to infer
to reach an opinion from available information
to allege
to accuse
to instigate
initiate
to devise
invent
to constitute
to be a part of a whole
adjacent
very near
to abolish
to put an end to something
to abscond
to escape
to abbreviate
to shorten
to enact
to make a law
to engender
evoke/make sth exist
contemptible
deserving blame
repellent
a substance used to repel something
imperceptible
unable to be noticed because of being very slight
copious
in large amounts; more than enough
expectant parent
parent whose child has not yet been born
to run up against
to experience an unexpected difficulty
draw in
(days) become darker earlier because winter is coming
to fall back on
to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed
to pay through the nose
to pay too much money for something
at a stroke
easily and quickly
inclination
desire/tendency
