Abet to Vexation Abet verb To encourage or to assist usually an offense against justice or the law If you do not report that your friend has broken the law you could be accused of abetting ID: 280709
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Lesson 11
Abet to VexationSlide2
Abet
--
verb
To encourage or to assist (usually an offense against justice or the law)
If you do not report that your friend has broken the law, you could be accused of
abetting
the crime.Slide3
Agile
(
adj
)agility (noun)
Characterized by ability to move with suppleness and grace
Football players have often done well on “Dancing with the Stars,” due to their
agile and coordinated moves.Slide4
Antidote
(noun)
Something that relieves the effects of poison
There was no known
antidote
for curing the “scorpions” in Macbeth’s mind.Slide5
Ascertain
(verb)
To find out definitely; to determine
The teacher had difficulty
ascertaining
whether the student had plagiarized.Slide6
Benevolence
(noun)
benevolent (
adj)
Kindness, generosity, charity
King Duncan had been known for his
benevolence; consequently, his murder shocked everyone.Slide7
Desolate
(
adj
)deolation(noun)
Deserted, without inhabitants, barren
Many of the buildings on
Waxpool Road are desolate
as a result of over construction in a bad economy.Slide8
Din (noun)
Loud and discordant noise; cacophony
I could not hear the teacher because of the
din
in the classroom.Slide9
Dissuade
(verb)
dissuasion (n)To advise against; to talk out of
The leaders of the political party tried to
dissuade
the candidate from running.Slide10
Distend
(verb)
distending; distended
To expand; to swell
Malnourishment can result in the appearance of
distended
bellies.Slide11
Enervation
(n)
enervate; enervating; enervative
Weakness; lack of strength
After experiencing serious bouts of
enervation
, the dancer consulted her doctor.Slide12
Eulogy (n)
eulogize (v)
Praise or tribute (generally following death)
The
eulogy
given at the funeral was poignant and deeply moving. Slide13
Fitful (
adj
)
Convulsive; spasmodicHis guilty conscience resulted in night after night of
fitful
sleep.Slide14
Indelible
(
adj
)
Cannot be removed, washed away, effaced or erased
Permanent marker can leave
indelible marks on clothing. Slide15
Malevolence
(n)
malevolent (adj)
Ill will or evil intentions
Lady Macbeth’s
malevolence paled in comparison to her husband’s consequential acts of violence.Slide16
Obliterate
(v)
obliteration (n)
To remove all traces of
; to do
away with; to destroy or cancel
The Japanese
tsunami
obliterated
entire villages with
its 500 mph wave.Slide17
Ornate
(
adj
)Excessively decorated
I prefer natural looking gardens to
ornate
, ostentatious ones. natnatu=Slide18
Paucity
(noun)
Scarcity; fewness in number; dearth
We were frustrated by the
paucity
of good restaurants in the area.Slide19
Piety
(n)
pious (
adj)
Devotion and deference to God
A
pious person is one who shows piety by doing good deeds for others for no other reason than to be devoted to God.Slide20
Precarious
(
adj)precariously (adv); precariousness (n)
Dangerous, risky, not a secure situation
Texting while driving is a
precarious action that can result in catastrophe.Slide21
Prosaic (
adj
)
Commonplace; uninspired; unimaginative; banal
While the
prosaic
lecture on bullying fell on deaf ears in the auditorium; the video presentation was inspirational.Slide22
Quiescent
(
adj
)
Inactive; dormant
Just because an ocean is quiescent, doesn’t mean we should take it for granted.Slide23
Scintillating
(
adj
)
scintillation (n); scintillate (v)
Sparkling, shining, or flashing/ animated or brilliantly clever
The reviewer described the play as
“
scintillating”
due to its clever, quick dialogue.
The scientific name for the twinkling of
stars
is stellar
scintillation
.Slide24
Squalid
(
adj
)squalor (n)
Filthy in appearance; sordid
The houses
featured in the television show episodes of Hoarders : Buried Alive
are squalid from years of neglect.Slide25
Vexation
(n)
vex (v)
Discomfort or distress
He experienced considerable
vexation
when his wife died, leaving him penniless and destitute.Slide26Slide27Slide28