#3 Vocab Midterm

(v.) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity: consent, concur, comply, assent: demur, balk at

(v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value; contaminate, pollute, sully

(n.) an enemy, opponent; antagonist, rival, foe

(adj.) associated, connected: attached, related, joined: dissociated, unconnected

(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile: to transfer, convey; seperate, drive apart, estrange

(adj.) unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others: selfless: selfish, self-centered

(adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical; versatile, facile

(adj.) peaceable, friendly; congenial, neighborly, cordial

(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever shill; trickery; rue, stratagem, contrivance

(n.) to find out: discover, determine, establish

(v.) to express agreement: concur, consent, accede: disagree, differ, dissent

(n.) an accomplishment, the act of achieving: achievement, fulfillment: failure, defeat, frustration

(v.) to make larger, increase; enlarge, supplement, amplify

(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling; disinclined, loath

(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war; (adj.) assertive, truculent, pugnacious

(n.) one who does good to others: patron, humanitarian: misanthrope, malefactor

(adj.) kindly, charitable; benign, well-meaning

(v.) to give or pass on an inheritance: transmit, bestow, hand down

(adj., part.) deprived of; make unhappy through a loss; bereaved

(v.) to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion: swing, shake

(adj.) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly: gallant, civil, valiant: crude, uncouth, churlish, loutish

(n.) mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness: leniency, forbearance, gentleness: harshness, severity, cruelty, inflexibility