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English Vocab
Vocab lists 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bivouacked | to have taken shelter |
| catharsis | purification of the emotions |
| Causation | the act or process of causing |
| Configurations | a particular arrangement of parts |
| Cryptic | Secret, Occult |
| Elusive | tending to evade grasp or pursuit |
| Grotesque | departing from the natural |
| Latrine | a hole in the earth used as a toilet |
| Maul | to beat or to bruise |
| Minnow | a small fish not hunted as game |
| Monsoon | a seasonal wind in India |
| Ordinance | an authoritative decree |
| Perimeter | the boundary of a closed planed figure |
| Phosphorescent | exhibiting luminescence |
| Posturing | to assume a given position |
| Recitation | reading or repeating aloud |
| Reticence | silent, noncommunative by speech |
| Revolution | a sudden radical or complete change |
| Tactically | relating to combat tactics |
| Viaduct | an elevated roadway |
| Abiding | Continuing without change |
| Acquiescence | compliance |
| ambiguity | uncertain meaning or intention |
| amortizing | extinguishing a debt |
| assembly | a grouping of people |
| bandolier | a shoulder belt for cartridges |
| bewilderment | a confused state |
| disassembly | taking apart |
| encyst | to enclose |
| entrenched | to place in a position of strength |
| eviscerate | to remove organs from |
| gentry | well born people |
| Inertia | inactivity, lack of motion |
| Phantom | an apparition or specter |
| platitude | a trite remark thought to be profound |
| tangible | able to be touched |
| topography | mapping features in a small area |
| velocity | rapidity of motion |
| volition | a choice or decision of free will |
| cajolery | flattery used to persuade |
| capitulate | acquiesce |
| deconidtion | to come out of physical fitness |
| evanescent | vanishing or likely to vanish |
| flaccid | lacking firmness |
| gesticulating | making hand gestures while talking |
| ignominy | great personal dishonor |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| incessant | continuing without interruption |
| indefatigably | extremely persistent and untiring in manner |
| monogamy | single partner |
| moribund | approaching death |
| negligible | not significant enough for consideration |
| optimum | the point at which a situation is not favorable |
| ordure | something morally offensive, filth |
| patronizingly | with condescension |
| proliferate | to grow quickly |
| ruminating | to turn a matter over in the mind |
| sublime | supreme |
| utopia | an ideal, perfect place |
| lethargy | the quality or state of being drowsy or listless |
| fluctuate | to change continually; shift back and forth |
| capricious | erratic, driven by odd notions |
| venerate | to regard with reverance |
| enigma | a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence |
| pompous | characterized by an ostentatious display of importance |
| zenith | the highest point culmination |
| clandestine | done in private, surreptitiously so as to decieve |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency |
| sporadic | appearing or happening at irregular intervals |
| pragmatic | of or pertaining to a practical point of view |
| sycophant | a self seeking flatterer |
| efface | to wipe out, erase |
| benevolent | charactized by goodwill of manner |
| partisan | a supporter of a group, especially political |
| candidate | a potentiality for a specific office or position |
| parochial | of or pertaining to parishes |
| rhetoric | the study of effective language use, undue use of exaggeration |
| pillory | a wooden framework used to expose an offender to public derision |
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