Vocab 7 and 8

1. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible
2. A servile and submissive follower
5. to rebuke or scold severely and at length
7. to cheat out of something valuable
9. a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
10. struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
12. Fatal injury or ruin
14. to steal something in small quantities
18. a storehouse for threshed grain
20. Capable of making a mistake; Imperfect and errant
21. A false and hateful accusation intending to harm one's reputation
22. to lie or mislead
23. A new convert; also, a beginner

1. terrifyingly horrible to the senses
3. extremely self-centered with an exaggerated sense of self-importance : marked by or characteristic of excessive admiration of or infatuation with oneself
4. A business partner, associate
6. a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
8. To submissively seek favor with someone
11. a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme
13. to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots
15. easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
16. Barren and empty of inhabitants; Feeling abandoned and alone
17. To waste time and be slow; To loiter
19. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous; Intentionally obvious
24. To make calm or quiet; To soothe or subdue