JS A5A Ch 6 Vocab

1. to establish or apply by authority
3. to eat or gnaw into
7. an occurrence or phenomenon (see PHENOMENON sense 1) believed to portend a future event
8. the willful or malicious burning of property (such as a building) especially with criminal or fraudulent intent
10. distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
13. changed or modified especially to make a correction or improvement

2. clear to the vision or understanding
3. very hot
4. marked by kindness and courtesy
5. a feeling of great surprise and wonder
6. sparing of words
9. having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice
11. to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity
12. an enclosing frame especially around a door or window opening