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Vocab for English

QuestionAnswer
Profess To claim belief in or allegiance to
Zealous Filled with enthusiasm
Effectual Able to produce a desired effect
Prudent Showing wisdom or good judgment
Desecrate To violate the sacredness of
Renounce To give up or reject
Aspire To strive to attain
Devout Showing religious devotion and piety
Secular Unrelated to religion
Render To express in another language or form
Quell To quiet
Abstain To hold oneself back deliberately
Elude To avoid or escape
Evade To escape by cleverness or deception
Whetted Sharpened
Ponderous Very heavy
Exult To feel great joy, especially in conquest or triumph
Vulnerable Open to attack, easily hurt
Havoc Widespread destruction
Defile To make filthy
Clamor A loud, confused noise or outcry
Scourge A source of great suffering or destruction
Destitute Lacking in resources
Evocation Bringing in mind
Flouting Disregarding in a contemptuous way
Epic simile Long figurative comparison in an epic poem that often continues for a number of lines
Discretion A sense of carefulness and restraint in ones actions or words
Meagerly Poorly
Legitimate Born of parents who are legally married to each other
Deign To consider worthy of ones dignity
Anguish Agony
Presumption Bold or outrageous behavior
Compel To urge irresistibly
Oblige To make it ones duty to act
Reproach To express disapproval of or disappointment in
Commend To express approval of
Unwieldy So large, heavy, or oddly shaped as to be difficult to hold or use
Respite A period of rest or delay
Renown Fame
Chagrin Feeling of embarrassment caused by humiliation or failure
Aghast Struck with terror or amazement
Heft To lift up
Pivot Acting as a center around which something turns
Ingeniously In a way marked by skill and imagination
Uncanny Frighteningly unnatural or supernatural
Reproof Expression of disapproval
Daunt Destroy to courage of
Flinch To pull back from something unpleasant or surprising
Wince To spring back involuntarily
Efficacious Effective
Amended Corrected
Ravage To cause great damage to
Depredation Destruction caused by robbery or looting
Entreaty An earnest request
Dwindle To become steadily less
Incumbent Required as a duty or obligation
Redress Repayment for a wrong or injury
Forbearance Self control
Reeling Falling back
Usurp To seize unlawfully by force
Acquiesce To agree or give in without protest
Guile Clever trickery
Assail To attack, either with blows or with words
Ensue To occur as a result
Succor Aid in a time of need
Dissuade To divert from a course of action by persuasion
Accrue To come as gain
Agility An ability to move quickly and easily
Courtliness Refined behavior
Defer To postpone
Diligent Painstaking
Disdain A show of contempt
Dispatch Efficiency
Eminent Standing out above others
Frugal Careful with money
Malady Disease or disorder
Mode A current fashion or style
Personable Pleasing in behavior and appearance
Repine To complain
Sedately Calmly
Wield To handle skillfully
Tone Expresses the writers attitude toward the works subject or characters
Characterization The means by which a writer develops a characters personality
Avarice Excessive desire for wealth
Castigate Criticize harshly
Covetousness Excessive desire for wealth or possessions
Wary Cautious
Adversary Enemy
Pallor Lack of color
Parley Discussion or conference
Vermin Small animals that are destructive or carriers of disease
Saunter Walk in a slow and leisurely manner
Transcend To go beyond
Moral Tale Teaches a lesson about right and wrong in human behavior
Prediction About what will happened next or last
Foreshadowing Hints about what is going to happen
Structure The way parts of the literary works are put together
Frame Story Serves as a narrative setting or frame for one or more other stories
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