notes in class

1.      stall (v.) 
- to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage 
-example: She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling (for time).
 

 
1.      ignominy (n.)
-public embarrassment
-example: The Workers' Coalition experienced the ignominy of total defeat in the last election.
 

1.      begrudge (v.)
-To feel unhappy that somebody has something because you do not think that they deserve

1.  obscure (v.)

-to make (something) difficult to understand or know : to make (something) obscure

-to hide or cover (something) : to be in front of (something) so that it cannot be seen

-example:The true history has been obscured by legends about what happened.

 
1.   haggard (adj.)
-looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes
-example: He'd been drinking the night before and was looking a bit haggard.
 

 
1.      abnegate (v.)
-To renounce (a right or privilege).
-example: It can abnegate useless samples and make the knowledge of study objects accumulate.
 
 

1.      venerable (adj.)
-meriting or commanding high esteem.
-example: The vendor was a venerable Irishman.
 
 
2.      verdant (adj.)

1.      bequeath (v.)
-to say in a will that you want somebody to have your property, money, etc. after you die
-example: He bequeathed his entire estate to his daughter.
 

 
 
1.      topple (v.)
-to become unsteady and fall down; to make something do this
-example: A stack of plates swayed, and began to topple over.
 

1.      protracted (adj.)
-Continuing for a long time, especially longer than is normal or necessary.
-example: It was the beginning of a protracted duel.
 

 
1.      scud (v.)
-if clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly
-example: The boat scudded before the strong west wind
 
 

1.      introspective (adj.)
-Tending to examine your own feelings, thoughts, or ideas instead of communicating with other people.
-example: Their introspective ways were not free of drawbacks, however.
 

1.      integrity (n.)    

-the quality of always behaving according to the moral principles that you believe in, so that people respect and trust you.

-example: Clytemnestra also defends the integrity of the family.

2.      acquittal (n.)

1.      quickening (adj.) 

-Becoming faster.

-example: All that had the quickening breathe of life.

 2.      eventide (n.)

 1.      reprisal (n.)

-something violent or harmful which you do to punish someone for something bad they have done to you

-example: Alfred was shot in reprisal for the killing of a rival gang member.

1.      retributive (adj.)
-Of, relating to, or marked by retribution.
-example: Compared to the retributive justice, restorative justice is a criminal treatment
 
 
2.      tiller (n.)

1.   phenol (n.)

- a poisonous white chemical compound. When dissolved in water it is used as an antiseptic and disinfectant, usually called carbolic

-example: The Chemistry teacher is teaching us the course of phenol.

2.   libel (n.)

 1.    majesty (n.)

-If something has majesty, it causes admiration and respect for its beauty

-example: This music has majesty, power and passion.