Vocab

Match the following

• difficulties; misfortune

• abate

• to accept, usually reluctantly

• adversity

• to become less intense

• acquiesce

• to regard with disgust and hatred

• benevolent

• well meaning and kingly

• abhor

Match the following

• the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

• chimerical

• a hope that is extremely unlikely ever to come true

• bucolic

• relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

• copious

• a great or rich supply

• catharsis

• beg someone to do something

• beseech

Match the following

• make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

• emulate

• reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

• delineate

• to erase or remove

• curtail

• to match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation

• efface

• describe or portray (something) precisely; explains

• expedite

Match the following

• a falsehood, lie or the process by which the lies are made

• fabrication

• pitifully sad

• gregarious

• create difficulties resulting in delay or obstruction

• hinders

• fond of company; sociable

• implore

• beg someone to do something

• forlorn

Match the following

• tending to talk a great deal; talkative

• obscure

• not discovered or known about, uncertain

• loquacious

• wicked or criminal

• juxtapose

• unable to make mistakes or be wrong

• nefarious

• place close together for contrasting effect

• infallible

Match the following

• more important than anything else; supreme

• paramount

• a preference for something; a bias in favor of something

• predilection

• eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

• pugnacious

• complaining in an immature or whining manner

• querulous

Match the following

• present, appearing, or found everywhere

• vilify

• speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

• vicarious

• deep respect for someone or something

• ubiquitous

• taking the place of something or someone else; experienced through someone else

• reverence