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Eng. Mid. Vocab.

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QuestionAnswer
Tarry To stay or wait
Smite to strike down
Ocular relating to the eye
Scruples beliefs
Martyr someone willing to die for a cause
Carechism Religious instruction
Cognizance awareness, realization
Ecclesiastical relating to religion or church
Zenith the highest point
Brandish to hold, shake, or wave as a weapon
Blasphemy to speak against accepted beliefs
Lurid sensational / shocking
Wretch Incredibly unhappy person
Pulpit Podium where minister speaks
Chaste Innocent in relations with opposite sex
Visage Face
Similitude similarity
garb one's dress / clothing
Proselyte a convert or believer
Venerable Highly respected due to age
Anathema A person or thing that is hated
Compelling interesting, fascinating
Supplicate to beg / plead
Coquettish Describing the behavior of a woman who flirts lightheartedly
Macabre Gruesome and horrifying
Impervious Incapable of bein influenced
Perverse Willfully determined to counter was is expected
Monument Person considered as a heroic figure
Dispensation doing away with
Alderman A member of a municipal legislative body
Spare Lean or thin
Pallid pale
Tableau A representation of a picture
Vindicated ro uphold or justify by argument or evidence
Noblesse Oblige the moral obligation of those of high birth
Sibilant Characterized by hissing sound
Acrid Sharp or biting taste / smell
Cuckold The husband of a cheating wife
Inextricable From which one cannot extricate oneself
Ameliorate Become better / Improve
Harmony Peaceable or friendly relations / agreement
Impediment Something that hinders or obstructs
Indolent Disposed to avoid exertion; lazy
Noncarcinogenic Not producing cancer
Parsimonious Cheap
Raze Destroy utterly
Reticent Secretive
Subvert overturn / overthrow
Tractable easily lead
Ebullient Overflowing with enthusiasm
Gall make sore
Indemnify compensate for loss
Occident West
Peruse Read
Spurn thrust aside
Stipend Fixed pay
Tepid Moderately warm
Wane Decrease in power
Abhorrent in conflict
Admonish reprove gently
Probe critical inquiry
Render hand down officially
repast food for one occasion fo eating
Score set of 20
Snub Insult
Suture Strand used to sew parts of living body
acquit perform one's part ; relive charges
Consign give ; transfer
effrontery shameless boldness
forbearance patience
Nettlesome irritating
salutary good for health
supersede force out of use
Created by: crimsondirk
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