Vocab 9

promptness in response

showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy

able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception

to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic

• 1: to strive to equal or excel
• 2: to equal or approach equality with

incapable of being avoided or evaded

• 1: to start (a fire) burning
• 2: to stir up

• 1: to cause to become less harsh or hostile
• 2: to make less severe or painful

• 1: the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
• 2: the infernal regions

able to dissaprove

• 1: emptied of or lacking content
• 2: marked by lack of ideas or intelligence

a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working secretly from within

done, made, or acquired by stealth

• 1: hard to control
• 2: playfully mean or cruel

the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer