**11th Grade Vocab Flashcard 1

Front

Slightly rude in speech or manner

Back

Brusque

Front

Make more pointed

Back

hone

Front

espouse

Back

to support

Front

extremely unpleasant

Back

odious

Front

posterity

Back

all future generations

Front

nullify

Back

to make of no use

Front

Seeming reasonable or probable

Back

plausible

Front

Regarded as too important to change or interfere with.

Back

sacrosanct

Front

Not visible through

Back

Opaque

Front

Break a rule or boundary

Back

transgress