Chapter 9 English honors vocab

bilk

to cheat or swindle; to thwart

homily

a sermon

demise

death; a ceasing to exist

emit

to send out;to give forth, as in sound or light

decadence

moral deterioration

aghast

feeling great dismay or horror

granary

a storehouse for grain

choleric

easily angered

impede

to hinder;obstruct

qualm

a feeling on uneasiness

lampoon

a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone

narcissistic

conceited; having excessive love for ones self, admiration.

eradicate

to wipe out; destroy

fabricate

to concoct; to make up a story in order to decieve

ghastly

horrible;frigthful