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English Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diversion | something that takes somebody's attention away from something else |
| Sultry | oppressively hot and damp; giving a suggestion of underlying passion and sensuality |
| Fatuously | showing a lack of intelligence or thought combined with complacency |
| Petulant | ill-tempered or sulky in a peevish manner |
| Deplorably | worthy of severe condemnation; wretched because of neglect, poverty, or other misfortune |
| Novelty | something new, original, and different that is interesting or exciting, though often for only a short time |
| Commended | to praise somebody or something in a formal way |
| Assail | to attack somebody vigorously with words or actions |
| Taut | pulled or stretched tightly |
| Deft(ness) | moving or acting in a quick, smooth, and skillful way; clever: showing good sense and skill in achieving or acquiring things |
| Imperceptibly | not observant: lacking the ability to notice things or to understand somebody or something |
| Interminable | so long and boring or frustrating as to seem endless |
| Incomprehensible | impossible or very difficult to understand |
| Unimpeded | not obstructed, blocked, or held back by anything |
| Antagonize | to cause a person or animal to become hostile |
| Musing | to think about something in a deep and serious or dreamy and abstracted way |
| Mementos | an object given or kept as a reminder or in memory of somebody or something |
| Anxious | worried or afraid, especially about something that is going to happen or might happen |
| Revoked | to make something null and void by withdrawing, recalling, or reversing it |
| Synchronizing | to make something work at the same time or the same rate as something else |
| Underminding | to weaken something by removing or wearing away material from its base or from beneath it |
| Affliction | a condition of great physical or mental distress |
| Vaguely | not explicit: not clear in meaning or intention |
| Chaos | a state of complete disorder and confusion |
| Courteous | polite in a way that shows consideration of others or good manners |
| Periodiclly | recurring or reappearing from time to time |
| Benefactors | somebody who aids a cause, institution, or person, especially with a gift of money |
| Defects | a physical problem in a machine, structure, or system, especially one that prevents it from functioning correctly |
| Obscure | difficult to understand because of not being fully or clearly expressed |
| Commitment | something that takes up time or energy, especially an obligation |
| Dispelled | to rid somebody's mind of a thought or an idea, especially an erroneous one |
| Sarcasm | characterized by words that mean the opposite of what they seem to say and are intended to mock or deride |
| Obedient | carrying out, or willing to carry out, instructions, or submitting to somebody's will or authority |
| Abruptly | sudden and unexpected |
| Relentless | never slackening, but continuing always at the same intense, demanding, or punishing level |
| Moral | relating to issues of right and wrong and to how individual people should behave |
| Tranquilizers | a medication that reduces anxiety and tension without affecting mental clarity. Use: treatment of anxiety, neuroses, psychoses. |
Created by:
Bri P
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