Vocabulary Lesson 3

💙 3 verbs
🟩 7 adjectives
🔴 5 nouns

🔴 Scapegoat - one who bears the blame for others

🟩 Peremptory - not allowing refusal or delay; imperative ^[1]

🔴 Atelier - an artist's or a designer's workshop

🔴 Axiom - a universal truth; an established rule

🟩 Dulcet - melodious; pleasing to the ear ^[2]

💙 Usurp - to take over; to seize power ^[3]

🟩 Patronizing - treating with condescension; acting superior

🔴 Iniquity - an evil or wicked act

🟩 Archaic - no longer current or applicable; antiquated ^[4]

💙 Vacillate - to waver; to sway indecisively ^[5]

🟩 Perspicacious - keen; mentally sharp

🟩 Abstemious - using or consuming sparingly ^[6]

🔴 Talisman - a magic charm or superstitious object for protection or luck

💙 Expurgate - to remove vulgar or objectionable material

🟩 Pellucid - transparent; clear