Vocab 7 and 8 CW

2. - To waste time and be slow; To loiter
5. - A business partner, associate; (v.) To bring into close connection with
7. - shockingly dreadful, horrible, or intensely unpleasant
11. - To submissively seek favor with someone, to brownnose or suck up;
12. - To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible
13. - a short, often informal sermon delivered by a member of the clergy during a church service to explain scriptural readings and offer moral or practical guidance
15. - A false and hateful accusation intending to harm one's reputation
18. - to destroy, remove, or get rid of something completely, often compared to pulling a plant up by its roots
19. - excessive self-admiration, vanity, and a preoccupation with one’s appearance or achievements
21. - to cheat, defraud, or elude someone, typically to dishonestly take money or avoid paying a debt
22. - a piece of writing, cartoon, or performance that publicly criticizes someone or something by using ridicule, irony, or mockery to make them look foolish

1. - To make calm or quiet; To soothe or subdue
3. - Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous; Intentionally obvious
4. - A new convert; also, a beginner
6. a sudden feeling of uneasiness, doubt, or fear, particularly regarding the morality of one's actions
7. - a specialized storehouse or building used for storing, drying, and protecting harvested grain (like wheat, oats, and barley) or animal feed
8. - someone struck with overwhelming shock, horror, amazement, or dread
9. - To steal something in small quantities
10. - Capable of making a mistake; Imperfect and errant
14. - To rebuke or scold severely and at length
16. - A servile and submissive follower
17. - Barren and empty of inhabitants; Feeling abandoned and alone; (v.) To destroy or devastate; To abandon or leave alone
20. - a personality type or disposition that is easily angered, irritable, and quick-tempered.
21. - Fatal injury or ruin