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English Vocab II
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fathom | To comprehend |
| Cryptic | To be coded;cryptic |
| pious | having religious reverence or belief |
| eviscerate | to disembowel |
| reticence | to keep personal affairs to ones self |
| vigil | the act or a period of observing; surveillance; watch kept during normal sleeping hours |
| turncoat | the act of betraying |
| impassive | no emotions |
| rectitude | moral uprightness |
| allegiance | loyalty or the obligation or loyalty as to a nation, sovereign, or cause |
| skewed | turned at a angle; distorted |
| implacable | impossible to reconcile or appease |
| concord | agreement of emotions or interests |
| trite | overused and commonplace; lacking originality |
| bedlam | a place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion; often Bedlam—an insane asylum, Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem |
| mundane | of this world; worldly or concerned with the ordinary |
| cinch | a certainty, a sure thing |
| coy | shy, especially in a flirtatious way |
| banter | good-humored, playful conversation |
| vaporous | insubstantial |