Murphy 1
Lesson 3 – Vocabulary
Amity
Cater
Guise
Inconsequential
n - friendship
v - to supply what is needed or desired, especially
support or food
n - a false appearance
adj - of little or no importance;
irrelevant; without consequence
Murphy 2
Jubilant
Placate
Preclude
adj - joyous, especially because of
success
v - to calm or pacify
v - to prevent, exclude, make impossible. Ex:
“The lack of evidence precludes a conviction.” or “The
overwhelming amount of evidence precludes the suspect
from being set free.”
Murphy 3
Repress
force;
Saturate
Slake
v - to hold back or put down with
to suppress
v - to fill or soak to capacity. Ex: “The
stadium was saturated with people.”
v - to satisfy; to quench; to make
less intense
Ex: “This elephant is quickly slaking its thirst using the
tap.”
Murphy 4
Sortie
Succumb
Tranquil
Venomous
Wrest
n - a flight of a combat aircraft on a mission an
armed attack, especially against surrounding enemy forces
v - to submit reluctantly; to yield
adj - calm; peaceful
adj - poisonous; intentionally harmful; malevolent
v - to obtain through force, usually by twisting and
turning violently