Sadlier Oxford Level H Unit 8


 

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Aberration
(n.) Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
Ad hoc
(adj.) Improvised or impromptu, for or concerned with one specific purpose; (adv.) For one specific case, with respect to this
Bane
(n.) Fatal injury or ruin
Bathos
(n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax
Cantankerous
(adj.) Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
Casuistry
(n.) False or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead
De facto
(adj.) Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; (adv.) in reality or fact, actually
Depredation
(n.) An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
Empathy
(n.) Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
Harbinger
(n.) One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come, a forerunner; (v.) To signal the approach of, to presage
Hedonism
(n.) Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses
Lackluster
(adj.) Lacking brightness or vitality; dull
Malcontent
(n.) One who is not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances; (adj.) Not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances
Mellifluous
(adj.) flowing sweetly or smoothly
Nepotism
(n.) favoritism shown to members of one's family