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English Comp I Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| difficult to understand; impersonal; theoretical | abstract |
| a natural attraction; kinship; similarity | affinity |
| a person's face, especially the expression | countenance |
| appearance, semblance | guise |
| clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious. | manifest |
| at an angle; indirect or evasive. | oblique |
| enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing. | prodigious |
| clear; calm; tranquil. | serene |
| impressive; inspiring awe; majestic | sublime |
| an act of choosing, using one's own will in a conscious choice. | volition |
| to make less severe; to relieve, to lessen | alleviate |
| overly dramatic, theatrical | histrionic |
| insensitive; block-headed, slow in comprehension | obtuse |
| an uproar; hubbub | brouhaha |
| characterized by an authoritative, arrogant, assertion of opinions or beliefs. | dogmatic |
| to besiege; beset, surround, harass. | beleaguer |
| not appropriate, unsuited to the surroundings; not fitting in. | incongruous |
| abundant; plentiful. | copious |
| capable of being touched or felt. | palpable |
| very light; airy; delicate; heavenly. | ethereal |
| harsh sounds | cacophony |
| fate, destiny; to detect good or bad vibrations from something or someone. | karma |
| statement that seems true, at the same time seems to have opposite truth. | paradox |
| seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. | gregarious |
| a gap or an interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break. | hiatus |
| to truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from. | curtail |
| instead of; in place of. | lieu |
| to form or to wait in line | queue |
| charming in a rustic way: naturally peaceful | idyllic |
| a vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness. | malaise |
| to express disapproval of. | reproach |
| an insatiable appetite for an activity; eager to consume a lot of food. | voracious |
| to regard with great devotion or respect, to honor. | revere |
| anything that hinders, traps or overwhelms; low-lying, soggy ground. | morass |
| an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome. | nemesis |
| snakelike in shape or movement; winding as a snake. | serpentine |
| having life; filled with activity, vigor, or spirit. | animate |
| paradigm: A pattern that serves as a model or example. | paradigm |
| a state of excessive fullness; superabundance. | plethora |
| hardship, restraint, confinement. | duress |
| to beautify by adding ornaments; to add fanciful or fictitious detains to. | embellish |
| an incorrect or inappropriate name. | misnomer |
| to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force. | quell |
| a person of wisdom and prudence. | sage |
| brief and to the point; concise and terse. | succinct |
| tough; stubborn; not letting go. | tenacious |
| to shorten by cutting off. | truncate |
| the quality of being everywhere (or seeming to) at the same time. | ubiquitous |
| the peak; the highest point. | zenith |
| to reduce. | abate |
| hard, difficult, tiresome. | arduous |
| not typical, abnormal. | atypical |
| stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain. | austere |
| to attempt to equal or surpass; especially through imitation. | emulate |
| to give a false appearance; to pretend. | feign |
| lacking energy; weak; showing little interest in anything. | languid |
| physically or mentally destructive, or harmful to human beings. | noxious |
| a large group of people gathered closely together. | throng |
| using exactly the same words, word for word. | verbatim |
| occurring by accident or chance | fortuitous |
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