Soph Honors Vocab #11

Entreaty

earnest request, plea, or petition

Equivocate

to avoid making an explicit statement

Flout

to show contempt for, to scoff at

Harbinger

a person or thing that announces or indicates the approach of something; forerunner

Lament

to express sorrow, remorse, or regret

Largess

liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous

Laud

to praise or glorify

Malevolent

wishing evil on others, malicious

Malice

the desire to do harm or mischief

Mettle

courage, spirit

Apocryphal

of questionable authorship or authenticity

Auspicious

attended by favorable circumstances

Blashphemous

grossly irrevorent, profane,

Consecrate

to make or declare sacred or holy

Demur

to raise objections, to show reluctance

onym

name, word, synonym

pon, pos

put, place, set, position