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Brenham - EG 24 - 33
Brenham Emory's Gift Vocab 24, 25, 32, 33
Term | Definition |
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oppressive | burdensome, distressing |
countenances | the look or expression of the face |
contraindicated | a symptom or condition to give indication against the advisability of a particular or usual remedy or treatment |
intoned | to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation |
vehmently | characterized by strong emotion; intense or passionate |
absurdity | the state or quality of being senseless, illogical or untrue |
impassive | without emotion; apathetic; unmoved |
oblivious | unmindful' unconscious; unaware |
pondering | to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate |
surged | a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush or sweep |
berserk | wild, crazed, deranged, violent |
unrestrained | not controlled or constrained |
threshold | the sill of a doorway; the entrance to a house or building |
paramount | superior to all others; dominant |
agitation | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings; disturb |
legitimize | to show or affirm; to be justified |
subtle | difficult to perceive; obscure |
accusatory | containing or expressing accusation; accusing |
speculatively | marked by questioning curiosity |
arbitrary | depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law |
fabricate | to make up for the purpose of discretion |
delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed |
disintegrated | to break or decompose |
irrespressible | impossible to repress, restrain, control |
somberly | to be dark, gloomy serious |
deferred | to submit to another's wishes or opinion |