Vocabulary-Week 3
V-to grow fat; to feed gluttonously
What is batten?
N-the smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided
What is a minority?
V.-to empower
What is commission?
N.-betrayal, treachery, or breach of allegiance
What is treason?
N.-the condition of being successful or thriving, especially economically
What is prosperity?
Adj.-rigid; strict
What is stringent?
N-fortitude and determination
What is grit?
V-to use keen insight and good judgement, to perceive
What is discern?
V.-to take full advantage of; to use selfishly or unethically
What is to exploit?
N-the act or supposed circumstance regarded as a just cause for complaint ; a complaint
What is a grievance?
N-wealth
What is affluence?
N.-a religious zealot
What is a fanatical?
V-to send or give out
What is emit?
N.-superiority in weight, force, or importance
What is preponderance?
V.-to furnish something as a kindness or favor
What is to accommodate?
V.-to feel bitter or indignant about
What is resent?
N-an ancestor
What is a forefather?
V-to be beyond the limit, powers, or capacity of, transcend; to go beyond, as in quality or degree, exceed
What is surpass?
N.-a process of deterioration or decline
What is decadence?
N.-the control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price
What is a monopoly?
Adj.-passionate in feeling; having strong emotions
What is fervent?
N-absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated
What is tyranny?
V.-to discover with certainty, as though examination or experimentation
What is ascertain?
Adj.-filled with passion; fervent
What is impassioned?
Adj.-acting vigorously
What is drastic?