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English 1vocab 11-12
vocab 11-12
Question | Answer |
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flagrant | glaringly bad |
patrician | an aristocrat |
emissary | ambassador |
kindred | having a similar nature |
fracas | fight |
lacerate | to tear jaggedly |
futile | useless |
immaculate | perfect |
gait | a manner of walking |
carp | nag |
query | to ask |
queue | a line of people |
nefarious | very wicked |
genesis | beginning |
facade | a deceptive outward appearance |
deluge | a flood |
catholic | universal |
eerie | weird |
martial | warlike |
anthropomorphic | attributing qualities to animals |
beneficiary | one who receives benefits; heir |
careen | to swerve from side to side while in motion |
aplomb | self-confidence |
guile | cunning in dealing with others |
modicum | small amount |
fester | to rot |
languish | to become weak |
pall | something that covers |
havoc | chaos |
rancid | spoiled |