Vocabulary 3
abridge to make shorter (World Cup)
adherent a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to (social media ban in class)
altercation an angry argument (NASCAR post-race)
cherubic resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent e=related (Good Son) e=related
condone to pardon or overlook (Kick Racism Out)
dissent to disagree; disagreement (MLK, courage and duty to dissent)
eminent famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting (MLK, courage and duty to dissent)
exorcise to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive (France in recent World Cups)
fabricate to make, manufacture; to make up, to invent (Khaled Said)
irate Angry (~office space)
marauder a raider, plunderer (Marauder’s Map)
obesity extreme fatness (Michelle Obama’s cause)
pauper an extremely poor person oad=1 (the new poor) oad=1
pilfer to steal in small quantities (problem with pilfering and shoplifting)
rift a split, break, breach (Man U)
semblance a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition (celebrities?)
terminate to bring to an end (Ronaldo)
trite commonplace; overuse, stale eload=1 (sports clichés) eload=1
surmount to overcome; rise above (X-Men)
usurp to seize and hold a position by force or without right (X-Men)