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Lang. Arts Voca HS
language arts first year high school, part 1 exam 1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Palpable | capable of being touched or felt(adj.) |
| Indolently | causing little or no pain(adj.) |
| Disarming | removing or capable of removing hostility or suspcion(adj.) |
| Amenities | an agreeable way or manner; courtesy(n.) |
| Affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite(adj.) |
| Ardent | having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent(adj.) |
| Debacle | a complete collapse or failure. (n.) |
| Imprudent | lacking discretion; incautious; rash. (adj.) |
| Droll | whimsically humorous(adj.) |
| Naive | showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information (adj.) |
| Scruples | standard that acts as a restraining force (n.) |
| Opiate | mixed or prepared with opium (adj.) |
| Pungent | a sharp, or strong scent or thing (adj.) |
| Deplorable | causing or being a subject for grief or regret (adj.) |
| Solicitously | anxious or concerned (adj.) |
| Instigate | to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course (v.) |
| Scrutiny | surveillance; close and continuous watching (n.) |
| Depreciate | to lessen the value or price of. (v.) |
| Covet | to wish for, especially eagerly (v.) |
| Valorous | brave or courageous (adj.) |
| Monotonus | dull, repetitive (adj.) |
| Malady | any disorder or disease of the body (n.) |
| Coax | to manipulate to a desired end (v.) |
| Laborious | requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance(adj.) |
| Privation | lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life (n.) |
| Ecstatic | a trancelike state of great rapture or delight (adj.) |
| Preposterous | something that is ridiculous or outrageous (adj.) |
| Decorus | someone who is proper and has manners (adj.) |
| Impetous | something that is hot-tempered or fierce (adj.) |
| Keen | Someone who has a sharp, and clear sight (adj.) |
| Pauper | a very poor person. (n.) |
| Malevolence | bad hatred for something or someone (n.) |
| Disconsolate | hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable (adj.) |
| Malignant | something that is deadly, or fatal (adj.) |
| Malcontent | rebel or disconted (adj.) |
| Malediction | bad diction (n.) |
| Maltreat | bad treatment (v.) |
| Delegate | a person designated to act for or represent another or others (n.) |
| Abdicate | to renounce or relingquish a throne (v.) |
| Advocate | a person who pleads for or in behalf of another (n.) |
| Subside | to sink or to slowly die down (v.) |
| Mendiancy | the state or condition of being a beggar (n.) |
| Exorbiant | unreasonbly high (adj.) |
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