Big Vocab 1

(n.) a shield; protection

• aegis
• bauble
• adventitious
• baroque
• bowdlerize

(adj.) shapeless, formless, vague.

• amorphous
• bestial
• ambiguous
• besmirch
• carnal

(v.) to overwhelm; to surround and attack

• besiege
• bland
• antithesis
• celibate
• deference

(n.) a rude or impolite person

• boor
• diaphanous
• bona fide
• debacle
• ebullient

(n.) decaying flesh.

• carrion
• effete
• cataclysm
• demeanor
• elegy

(v.) to weaken

• enervate
• emendation
• chagrin
• facetious
• fop

(adj.) lasting only a brief time; short lived.

• ephemeral
• extenuate
• deviate
• fortuitous
• impair

(adj.) pertaining to sexual love.

• erotic
• gloat
• edify
• hedonism
• imprecation

(adj.) causing disagreement

• factious
• impale
• fecund
• imperative
• nebulous

(adj.) eager; earnest

• fervent
• impediment
• glower
• obloquy
• non sequitur