Lesson 6
hatred of marriage
misogamy
to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property; to strip away, especially clothes
Divest
to mix ingredients, as in cooking; to invent or devise
Concoct
to wipe out; to obliterate; to make oneself inconspicuous
efface
to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit; to discharge violently
disgorge
greed, avarice
cupidity
washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification
Ablution
showing unusually early development, especially mentally
Precocious
to throw down from a great height; to make happen suddenly or quickly
precipitate
disdainful, haughty, aloof
supercilious
severe diarrhea
dysentery
an absurd or inferior imitation
Travesty
extremely hungry; greedy; eager for some activity or interest
Voracious
surrender; ending resistance
capitulation
to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit
regurgitate
a feeling of sympathy; a quality that arouses pity or tenderness
pathos
to walk while sleeping
Somnambulate
to make an indirect reference to
Allude
flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
effrontery
to kiss
osculate
impossible to calm or appease
Implacable
a ceremony in which a person formally receives authority of an office
Investiture
sweet as honey
Mellifluous
the action of thinking; thought
cerebration
relentless, unyielding
inexorable