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Heermans vocabulary

140 vocabulary words and definitions

QuestionAnswer
A different, lack of agreement Descrepancy
A hint, indirect suggestion Intimition
A lack, scarcity Dearth
A large-scale destruction Holocaust
A longing for something past Nostalgia
A moving force Impetus
A wry face, facial distortion Grimace
Able to use both hands Ambidextrous
An external experience guise
Causing a sharp sensation Pungent
Cautiously, with great care Warily
Coming at a bad time Innoportune
Courage in facing difficulties Fortitude
Danger Jeopardy
Definite, clearly stated Explicit
Deprived of Bereft
Deprived of the necessities of life Destitude
Easily bent, flexible Pliable
Easily done or attained Facile
Experimental in nature Tentative
Extremely careful Meticuious
Extremely poisonous Virulent
Fierce and cruel, agressive Truculent
Free from error infallible
Given to fighting Belligerent
Hasty, not thorough corsory
having a deep-seated distaste averse
intended to deceive or entrap insidious
kind, charitable benevolent
lukewarm tepid
make larger augument
marked by honor chivairous
mercy clemency
neglectful in preformance of one's study remiss
not affected or hurt by impervious
not combed, untidy unkempt
not easily moved stoild
one who does care for others benefactor
peaceable, friendly amicable
possible, able to be done feasible
sarcastic ironic
shy, lacking self-confident diffident
sincere, real unfeigned
skillful adroit
skillful, nimble deft
stale, moldy musty
stern, unyeilding dour
rashness, boldness temperity
the purest essence of something quintessence
to corrupt adulterate
to destroy totally extirpate
to examine closly scrutinize
to express agreement assent
to go aboard embark
to include or contain comprise
to move backwards retrogress
to position or arrange deploy
to praise extravagantly extol
to rest, lie repose
to say again relterate
to stare with open mouth gape
to utter taunting words gibe
to walk heavily or slowly plod
to wave or flourish brandish
to yeild to accede
trenchery, deceitfulness duplicity
unconquerable indomitable
unselfish altrustic
wealthy, luxurious opulent
word for word verbatim
a cleaver trick artifice
a death demise
a high peak or point pinnacle
a remedy for all ills panacea
a strict diciplinarian martinet
a temporary stay sojourn
an acomplishment attainment
an enemey adversary
an example that may serve for later actions precedent
associated, connected affliated
bending easily supple
comfort, relief solace
considered beforehand premeditated
cool and confident nonechalant
cowardly craven
dark, gloomy somber
deserving blame or punishment reprenensible
diginified stately
disorderly, riotous turbulent
easily excused vinial
eating away gradually corrosive
exact, careful, attending to details scrupulous
filthy, wrenched squaild
forceful, convincing cogent
great confusion chaos
having limits finite
inflicting or aiming at punishment punitive
knowing everything omniscient
land left unseeded fallow
loud and noisy vociferous
meddling officious
not able to be wounded or hurt invulnerable
of great size, numerous voluminous
one who leaves a group renegade
open to or marked by bribery venal
proud and contemptuous supercilious
refined in manner or style urbane
related to cooking culinary
roomy, spacious commodious
running wild rampent
so unimportant it can be disregarded negilgible
spiteful, showing ill will mavenvolent
still exsisting, not destroyed extant
stormy, harsh inclement
strange, mysterioous, weird uncanny
to anicipate to prevent obvilate
to bury inter
to change in a formal way amend
to compel, force coerce
to disturb, worry harass
to do without, give without voulintary waive
to enliven, cheer exhilerate
to erase delete
to delete, oblierate expunge
to find out ascertain
to give or pass on as in inheritance bequeath
to involve in implicate
to make permanent or long-lasting perpetuate
to move about steathily skulk
to move toward one point converge
to regard highly esteem
to regard with honor abhor
to scatter disperse
to see clearly, recognize discern
to set right, remedy redress
to slap or cuff buffet
to stop by force suppress
to think about in a dreamy way muse
to turn away alienate
unfavorable, threatening ominous
Created by: 97creid
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