Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 7 (Definitions)

somber

(adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

reprehensible

(adj.) deserving blame or punishment

turbulent

(adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

corrosive

(adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic

squalid

(adj.) filthy, wretched, debased

vociferous

(adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention

voluminous

(adj.) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

commodious

(adj.) roomy, spacious

extant

(adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

martinet

(n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

chaos

(n.) great confusion; disorder

renegade

(n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj.) traitorous, unconventional, unorthodox

obviate

(v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

inter

(v.) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

amend

(v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better

waive

(v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

implicate

(v.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

abhor

(v.) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

discern

(v.) to see clearly, recognize

buffet

(v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force out with blows; (n.) a slap, blow