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Vocabulary Term #2
Vocabulary Term 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ruminate | To turn a matter over and over in the mind |
| Sultry | Very humid and hot |
| Turbid | Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy |
| Accost | To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request |
| Bestial | Beastly |
| Carrion | Dead and decaying flesh |
| Copious | Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply |
| Diffidence | The quality or state of being diffident; timidity or shyness |
| Encumber | To put a heavy load on; burden |
| Heinous | Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable |
| Indigenous | Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment |
| Limbo | The abode of un-baptized but innocent or righteous souls, as those of infants or virtuous individuals who lived before the coming of Christ |
| Nonchalance | Casual lack of concern |
| Petrify | To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction |
| Rummage | To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of |
| Ubiquitous | Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| Acephalous | Headless or lacking a clearly defined head |
| Bellicose | Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious |
| Carte Blanche | Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority |
| Dilettante | A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge |
| Advent | The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important |
| Carillon | A stationary set of chromatically tuned bells in a tower, usually played from a keyboard |
| Covert | Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown |
| Disconsolate | Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected |
| Ephemeral | Lasting for a markedly brief time |
| Foible | A minor weakness or failing of character |
| Hiatus | A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break |
| Intrepid | Resolutely courageous; fearless |
| Maelstrom | A violent or turbulent situation |
| Progeny | One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant |
| Sagacious | Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness |
| Taciturn | Habitually untalkative |
| Vicarious | Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another |
| Aegis | Protection |
| Bivouac | A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area |
| Disheveled | To loosen and let fall (hair or clothing) in disarray |
| Euphemism | The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive |
| Formidable | Arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
| Hirsute | Covered with hair; hairy |
| Malignant | Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil |
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lilee256
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