Vocab Terms – Week of 1/23/12

Vocab quiz: Friday, January 27

 

plundered v. took goods by force, looted

 

squall n. brief, violent storm

 

dispatched v. finished quickly

 

mammoth adj. enormous

 

titanic adj. of great size or strength

 

assuage v. calm; pacify

 

bereft adj. deprived

 

ardor n. passion; enthusiasm

 

insidious  adj. characterized by craftiness and betrayal

 

Herculean adj. of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty

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