Thursday, May 13, 2010

Vocabulary Words #6 (Honors Option)

indemnification- something that serves to indemnify; compensation.


sultry- oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.


raze- to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.


quell- to suppress; put an end to; extinguish


mollify- to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.


licentious- going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules

rectify- to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct

cognizance- awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception

pluralism- a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle.

tier- one of a number of galleries, as in a theater

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