Thursday, October 30, 2014

Vocab set 4

1) Palliate - to relieve or lessen without curing - verb

2) Confiscate - to seize as forfeited to the public domain - verb

3) Inundate - overwhelmed - verb

4) Deprecate - to express earnest disapproval of - verb

5) Exonerate - to clear / free from guilt or blame - verb

6) Capitulate - to surrender unconditionally - verb

7) Svelte - slender - adj

8) Diurnal - daily - adj

9) Canopy - a covering - noun

10) Patrimony - an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors - noun

George's side effects from malaria were palliated after spending a week at the hospital, but unknown to them, it wasn't fully gone yet.
While traveling through airport security, Jorge's pocket knife was confiscated after being seen while he went through the x-ray.
As the campers left their fire unattended while they went on a hike, the forests were soon inundated with fire, leading to the world's biggest forest fire.
The manager of the McDonalds deprecated the idea of the super sized triple bacon cheeseburger, saying it would cause too much heart attacks.
Since Junior was one the president's best friends, he got exonerated from jail after his case of indecent exposure.
The resistance force capitulated after being encircled by the army and spotting the snipers on the roof tops.
After sneaking into the office, Bob slipped the svelte piece of metal in between the doors of the filing cabinet and forced it open.
Johnny's diurnal routine always ended with him enjoying a chicken nugget meal with a root beer at McDonalds.
The gigantic titanium canopy that stood over the jungle hut protected it from the machine gun fire from the helicopter above.
After George's father died in the revolution, his patrimony consisted of everything the light touched.

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