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