Vocabulary Week 12

Define: Bilk

• Expressing sharp or hard criticism in a clever way

• The next to last or second to last thing in a series.

• Cheat; defraud

• Too hard to cut, break, or pierce

Define: Labyrinth

• a maze

• Juvenile, immature, childishly, foolish

• remedy for all illness or diseases

• On the verge of extinction; near death

Define: Pliable

• Skillful; expert or nimble in the use of the hands or mind

• Flexible, not stubborn

• To steal money that you have been trusted with

• Of, relating to, or dealing with beauty; pleasing appearance

Define: Plethora

• Recklessly wasteful in the use of resources

• Intended to attract notice and impress others; excessively glitzy

• Occurring at regular intervals

• an excess, a lot

Define: Noxious

• To find someone not guilty of criminal charges

• harmful, poisonous, lethal

• A great and destructive fire

• sour in taste

Define: Modicum

• Describes a person or a solution that takes a realistic approach rather than depending on ideas and theories

• Cheat; defraud

• a small amount

• Uncommunicative and reserved; saying very little

Define: Convoluted

• intricate, complicated

• Flexible, not stubborn

• Boring; ordinary

• Cheerful willingness; eagerness

Define: Panacea

• Unrestrained by law or general morality; immoral; disregarding rules

• A well-known phrase that expresses a general truth about life or a rule about behavior

• remedy for all illness or diseases

• Of, relating to, or dealing with beauty; pleasing appearance

Define: Divergent

• Intended to attract notice and impress others; excessively glitzy

• Moving apart / moving in different directions

• To postpone or delay doing what one should be doing

• Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand; characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity

Define: Coronation

• ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch

• On the verge of extinction; near death

• To steal money that you have been trusted with

• Very important; of highest rank or importance; superior to all others