Vocabulary Sets 1 & 2

to disapprove of something or to express such disapproval

• deprecate

• legitimize

• obliterate

• comply

ridicule and mockery; an attitude that shows scorn

• macabre

• derision

• impunity

• impervious

to make something legal or acceptable

• liable

• legitimize

• vindicate

• comply

destroy completely; wipe out

• irrevocable

• legitimize

• obiterate

• marginalize

an action or statement that angers or provokes an aggressive response

• marginalize

• legitimize

• provocation

• retribution

to treat a person or group as unimportant or render them powerless

• deride

• marginalize

• legitimize

• optimize

to obey an order or rule; to act the way others request

• comply

• benign

• liable

• qualm

a feeling of uneasiness or doubt about whether one is doing the right thing

• conjecture

• trifle

• qualm

• macabre

a state of cool calm and unconcern

• qualm

• impunity

• impervious

• nonchalance

cannot be changed or reversed

• impervious

• liable

• irrevocable

• vindicate