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List C-7
English 11 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 91. abhor (v) | to hate, to loath; abominate. Personally, I like the flavor of broiled liver, but the rest of the family abhor it. |
| 92. aegis (n) | (Greek Mythology. the shield of Zeus, lent to him by Athena.) protection. sponsorship. |
| 93. avocation (n) | customary employment; hobby; enjoyable activity in addition to regular work. While teaching is my profession, gardening is my avocation. |
| 94. chagrin (n) | embarrassment or humiliation, caused by failure. A weak smile and a shuffling of the feet expressed the child’s chagrin at being discovered with his hand in the cookie jar. |
| 95. de rigeur (adj.) | (French) required by fashion, especially among sophisticated persons; proper. Among Monte Vista students, it is de rigeur to carry one’s books and supplies in backpacks manufactured by L.L. Bean or J. R. Crew. |
| 96. emaciated (adj.) | made thin as by starvation or illness. After removing all the controversial portions from the bill, Congress passed an emaciated version of the original legislation. |
| 97. feign (v) | pretend; make up. The day of the spelling test, Jonathon feigned illness by putting the thermometer under the hot water tap |
| 98. hoary (adj.) | gray or white, as if with age; stale and worn out; clichéd. We laughed at Grandfather’s hoary jokes more out of respect than humor, since we had all heard them many times before. |
| 99. interlude (n) | an intervening episode. In the interlude between the first and second acts, the audience was entertained by a juggler and a mime. |
| 100. latent (adj.) | present but not apparent. We suspected Margo had a latent talent for cooking, but it wasn’t until her parents left her to fend for herself for two weeks that she discovered she was a terrific cook. |
| 101.mandrake (n) | a plant, believed to have magical powers. Risking death from the reputed shriek of the uprooted plant, the herbalist yanked the mandrake from the ground. |
| 102. pallor (n) | extreme paleness. “The winter’s sun on his face revealed a hospital pallor.” (Nelson Algren) |
| 103. precarious (adj.) | dangerously lacking in security or stability. “His kingdom was still precarious; the Danes far from subdued” (Christopher Brooke) |
| 104. sojourn (n or v) | a temporary stay; brief residence; to stay as a temporary resident. Her two week sojourn in Bali turned into a ten year residence, so appealing did she find the island. |
| 105. undulate (n) | wavelike motion. As the dishes crashed to the floor and the lamps swung on their fittings, the family watched in horror as the floor of their home undulated in the earthquake like waves on the ocean. |
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