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Eng. Mid. Vocab.
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Question | Answer |
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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 |