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English Final Review
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Deftness | Quick and skillfull (as in the hands) |
| Capitulating | to surrender under specified conditions |
| Imperceptibly | Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses |
| Indolent | lazy; lethargic |
| Feasible | capable of being accomplished; possible |
| Aperture | an opening, such as a hole, slit, or gap |
| Sedentary | requiring much sitting; staying in the same place |
| Maligned | evil in disposition, nature, or intent |
| Sinister | suggesting or threating evil |
| Apprenticed | learner; one who is learning a trade or occupation |
| Tenuous | flimsy |
| Contagious | transmittable by direct or indirect contact |
| Placidly | calm or quiet |
| Stark | bare or blunt |
| Spectral | ghostly |
| Corporal | relating to the body |
| Benevolence | an inclination to perform kind, charitable acts |
| Sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred |
| Audacity | fearless daring |
| Solicit | to seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application |
| Grimace | a sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust |
| Gout | a painful inflammation of the joints |
| Piquancy | pleasantly pungent or tart in taste |
| Commendation | an official award that commends |
| Entrails | internal organs |
| Verity | the quality or condition of being true, factual or real |
| Dire | Warning of or having terrible or dreadful consequences |
| Interim | an interval of time between one event and another |
| Chalice | cup or goblet |
| Opulence | wealth; affluence |
| Imploring | to appeal to in supplication, beseech |
| Brandish | to wave or flourish menacingly |
| Wrath | forceful anger |
| Pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury |
| Hinders | to obstruct or delay the progress of |
| Solace | comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress |
| Incredulity | disbelief |
| affability | approachable |
| laudable | deserving commendation; praiseworthy |