Vocabulary List #3

Front

Prohibit

If the law did not prohibit speeding, there would be far more traffic accidents

Back

Verb

To stop someone from doing something; to prevent

Front

Inhibit

Jenny decided she wouldn't let nervousness inhibit her success in the swim meet

Back

Verb

To get in the way of; to hinder

Front

Suffuse

The light of inner peace seemed to suffuse the monk's face as he spoke to us

Back

Verb

To fill up from within; to spread throughout

Front

Confound

Although the twins sometimes confound me with their tricks and secret language, we usually get along pretty well

Back

Verb

To confuse and frustrate

Front

Infuse

After many losses, the basketball team needed someone to infuse it with pride and determination

Back

Verb

To inject; to fill something or someone with

Front

Sustain

I am amazed that Jeff can sustain his family on the tiny amount of money he makes

Back

Verb

To support for an extended period of time

Front

Abstain

When I abstained from watching television, I found I had much more free time

Back

Verb

To not do something; to refrain

Front

Tenacious

Thanks to a tenacious group of citizens, the dangerous building was finally torn down

Back

Adjective

Stubbornly persistent; determined

Front

Retinue

Queen Elizabeth I always had a large retinue of ladies in waiting around her

Back

Noun

A group that attends an important person

Front

Replete

The ship was replete with supplies for the month long journey

Back

Adjective

Filled up with