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English Vocab 1-25
-English 3B Vocab 1-25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | (v.) to regard with loathing or horror; detest |
| Acrimonious | (adj.) bitter or harsh in language or tone; rancorous |
| Allude | (v.) to make an indirect reference |
| Aesthetic | (adj.) of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| Ameliorate | (v.) to make or become better; improve |
| Amicable | (adj.) characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly |
| Anomaly | (n.) one that is peculiar, abnormal, irregular, or dificult to classify |
| Ardent | (adj.) expressing or characterized by warmth or feeling; passionate |
| Ascetic | (n.) leading a life of self-dicipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement |
| Astute | (adj.) having and showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with repect to one's own converns; clever |
| Augment | (v.) to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; increase |
| Austere | (adj.) severe or stern disposition or appearance; omber or grave |
| Capitulate | (v.) to surrender under specified conditions; come to terms |
| Candor | (v.) frankness or sincerity of expression; openness |
| Chagrin | (n.) a keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embbarrassment |
| Cognizant | (adj.) fully informed; conscious; aware |
| Compensatory | (v.) to offset; counterbalance |
| Condescend | (v.) to descend to the level of one considered inferior; lower onself |
| Congenial | (adj.) having the same tastes, habits, or temperament; sympathetic |
| Contemplate | (v.) to look at attentively and thoughtfully |
| Culpable | (adj.) a person that's deserving of blame; responsible for being wrong, improper or injurious; blameworthy |
| Cursory | (adj.) preformed with haste and with scant attention to detail; passing |
| Decadence | (n.) a process condition or period of decline especially of morality or culture; deterioration |
| Deluge | (v.) a great flood or downpour; to overrun or overwhelm with a large number or amount; to swamp |
| Deride | (v.) to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule; to scoff or jeer at; ridicule |
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