AVID 11 & 12--SAT Vocabulary #3 Review

beginning; start; commencement

to overcome with fear; intimidate; to lessen the courage of; dishearten

to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain

a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound

the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler

to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter

to praise highly; laud; eulogize; adulate

a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind

to tear down; demolish; level to the ground

cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness; liveliness

a person or thing that ruins or spoils; a deadly poison

sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.

mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous

to wipe out; do away with; expunge; to rub out, erase, or obliterate

characterized by or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others; to attract notice