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Vocab 7-18
Vocabulary for 2014- Chapters 7-18
Term | Definition |
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accosted | To have approached and spoken in an aggressive or hostile manner. |
inordinately | Doing something in a way that exceeds reasonable limits. |
impending | About to take place. |
repercussion | An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action. |
alacrity | Cheerful willingness; eagerness. |
insidiously | To do something in a way that works or spreads harmfully in a subtle or stealthy matter. |
derisively | Doing something in a way that is contemptuous or jeering. |
malevolent | Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious. |
undulating | To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion. |
epidemic | Something that spreads rapidly and extensively by infection and affects many individuals at the same time. |
candidly | Free from prejudice; impartial. |
usurp | Take a position of power or importance illegally or by force. |
loath | Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined. |
benign | Gentle; kindly. |
emanate | Issue or spread out from a source. |
loquacious | Tending to talk a great deal; talkative. |
feigning | Pretending to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury. |
tenacity | The quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip. |
conspiratorial | Involving a secret plan by two or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal. |
deprecating | Express disapproval of. |
surreptitiously | Doing something that is done, made, or acquired by stealth. |
innocuous | Not harmful or offensive. |