Vocabulary

• 1. wildly extravagant; very wasteful
• 2. abandoned to vice and corruption; shamelessly immoral

ex: He earned quite a bit of money as a professional athlete, but squandered much of it on his profligate lifestyle.

being dried and withered

ex: The sere winter garden gave no hint of the profusion of flowers that would bloom in the spring.

incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved.

ex: Though it had appeared that the visiting team had an insuperable lead, the home team rallied to win in the end.

• 1. a) archaic: forbid
•     b) to ward off: prevent
• 2. protect, preserve

ex: The fort functioned as a place of refuge where settlers could forfend themselves from attack.

The act of saying something in a public, official, or definite way

ex: The President issued a proclamation which freed the slaves.

to be treating a holy place or object in a way that does not show proper respect

ex: The accused him of being sacrilegious.

a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement

ex: One basic tenet is that the people who live and work near the ocean should play a role in conservation planning and managment.

• 1. a revealing, or disclosing, of something
• 2. making something known; revealing something in usually a surprising way

ex: an invigorating and revelatory performance

1. to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc...)

ex: The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.