Day 8
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amity
friendship
AM-i-tee
friendship; peaceful harmony
apposite
suitable
A-pah-zit
suitable or appropriate for a particular situation; well-adapted
atonement
compensation
uh-TOHN-muhnt
reparation for an offense or injury; amends
barren
sterile
BAR-uhn
incapable of producing off springs; dull
bilge
to bulge
bilj
to bulge or swell
chic
fashionable
sheek
stylish and fashionable
circumscribe
encircle
SUHR-kuhm-skrahyb
to encircle; set limits on, confine
commingle
mingle together
kuh-MING-guhl
mingle together; combine
concave
curved inward
KON-keyv
curved inward
concur
agree
kuhn-KUR
agree in opinion; coincide
conjecture
speculation
kuhn-JEHK-cher
speculation, prediction
consecrate
declare holy
KON-si-kreyt
to declare sacred or holy
conspicuous
noticeable
kuhn-SPIK-yoo-uhs
easily noticed; prominent
cordon
line of police
KAWR-dn
a line of police officers, soldiers around an area to enclose or guard it
creditable
praiseworthy
KRED-i-tuh-buhl
praiseworthy; deserving credit
dross
waste
drahs
waste of foreign matter ; worthless material
edict
decree
EE-dihkt
law, command, official public order
exemplary
commendable
ig-ZEM-pluh-ree
outstandingly good; setting a fine example
extrapolation
estimation
ik-STRAP-uh-ley-shuhn
act of estimation by using the facts already known
falter
stumble
FAWL-ter
move in an uncertain manner; stumble
fleet
quick-moving
fleet
quick-moving
homeostasis
automatic body maintenance
hoh-mee-uh-STEY-sis
the process by which the body reacts to changes in order to maintain the internal stability
homogeneous
same throughout
huh-MAH-juhn-uhs
composed of same type of parts
ignoble
not noble
ihg-NOH-buhl
of low quality; not noble
incite
provoke
in-SAHYT
stir up or provoke
inconspicuous
unnoticeable
in-kuhn-SPIK-yoo-uhs
not easily seen or noticed; not prominent or striking
maladroit
tactless, clumsy
mal-uh-DROIT
tactless, clumsy
mollify
to calm
MAHL-uh-fie
to calm or soothe
nonplussed
baffled
nahn-PLUST
puzzled completely
pathological
obsessive
path-uh-LOJ-i-kuhl
related to disease; compulsive, obsessive
plead
entreat earnestly
pleed
address a court of law as an advocate; entreat earnestly
redundant
unnecessary
ri-DUHN-duhnt
unnecessary; superfluous
reprise
repetition
ri-PRAHYZ
a repetition of something, especially a piece of music
scabbard
sheath for blade
SKAB-erd
sheath for the sword, blade etc.
slake
satisfy
slayk
to satisfy; calm down
snub
treat with contempt
snuhb
treat with contempt; disdain; rebuff
soar
fly
sohr
fly, rise
spear
pierce
speer
weapon with a metal point on a long shaft; to pierce
squalor
filthy condition
SKWOL-er
dirty or filthy condition
stomach
tolerate
STUHM-uhk
to tolerate; bear
striated
striped
STRY-ayt-id
striped or streaked
tangential
digressing
taan-JEHN-shuhl
slightly connected; digressing
truant
shirker
TROO-uhnt
shirker; someone absent without permission
whimsical
unpredictable
WIHM-sih-cuhl
unpredictable; acting in a fanciful manner
winsome
charming
WIHN-suhm
charming, engaging