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Vocab- Mrs. Hale emp
Exam vocabulary for english- Emily Perry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affable | Friendly |
| Imperative | Important |
| Tangible | Able to be touched |
| Exorbitant | Too much or too high |
| Pauper | Poor person |
| Vexation | Anger |
| Adulation | Excessive praise |
| Reiterate | To repeat |
| Imminent | About to occur |
| Invalid | Sick person |
| Annihilate | To destroy completely |
| Expendable | Not worth keeping |
| Resilient | Able to bounce back; able to adapt |
| Undulate | To move in a wave-like motion |
| Virtuoso | Someone skilled in the arts |
| Implore | To beg |
| Subside | To lessen |
| Dormant | Not active |
| Surmise | To guess |
| Scrutinize | To closely examine |
| Irascible | Angry |
| Audactiy | Nerve or guts |
| Competent | Skilled |
| Meticulous | Paying close attention to detail |
| Bludgeon | To strike or hit |
| Grandiose | Over the top |
| Inept | Not capable |
| Abscond | To sneak away |
| Adept | Capable |
| Banal | Trite, overused, hackneyed |
| Chide | To scold or fuss |
| Clemency | Mercy or forgiveness |
| Concise | Short and to the point |
| Exacerbate | To make worse |
| Dilapidated | Falling to ruin |
| Emaciated | Malnourished and thin |
| Malleable | Able to be bent or molded |
| Astute | Clever |
| Hackneyed | Overused, trite, banal |
| Esoteric | Hard to understand; abstruse |