Vocab lesson 9

capitalist

noun: a person who has invested personal wealth in business; a very wealthy person

cerebral

adjective: pertaining to the brain; intellectual

cerebum

brain

facies

face from shape

frons

front

capcut

head

precipice

noun: a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock; the edge of a dangerous situation

effrontery

noun: flippant or insulting boldness; audacity

facet

noun: one of many sides of a cut stone or jewel; one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth

capitulation

noun: surrender; ending resistance

cerebration

noun: the act of thinking; thought

facade

noun: the face of a building; the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front.

recapitulation

noun: the restatement of a main idea; a summary or concise review

decapitate

verb: to cut off the head of; to behead

affront

verb: to insult intentionally; to offend or embarass. Noun: an insult or offensive act.

deface

verb: to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something

confront

verb: to stand or come directly in front of; to face with defiance or hostility

precipitate

verb: to throw down from a great height; to make happen suddenly or quickly

efface

verb: to wipe out; to obliterate. Also to make less clear as if rubbing out. To make oneself inconspicuous