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English Mid Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Morosely | (adv.) gloomily |
| Brusquely | (adv.) short in manner or speech as to be impolite |
| Contemplated | (v.) to view or consider with careful and thoughtful attention |
| Anguished | (adj) marked by extreme pain or distress of body or mind 1 |
| Gingerly | (adv.) cautiously, carefully |
| Ominously | (adj.) showing a sign of evil or misfortune to come |
| Complacently | (adv.) self |
| Concealing | (v.) to keep secret (2) to hide from sight |
| Reprehensible | (adj.) deserving blame |
| Bemused | (v.) confuse (2) to cause feelings of tolerant amusement |
| Aloof | (adj.) at a distance : out of involvement |
| Meager | (adj.) thin (2) lacking desirable qualities |
| Crestfallen | (adj.) feeling humiliation or disappointment |
| Sullenly | (adv.) gloomily |
| Woe | (n.) great suffering from loss, misfortune, or trouble |
| Belligerently | (adv.) eager to fight |
| Wryly | (adv.) bent, twisted, or turned (2) expressing irony |
| sedate (9) | (adj.) quiet in manner or conduct |
| tacit (9) | (adj.) expressed without words or speech |
| manse (10) | (n.) the residence of a member of the clergy |
| capacious (10) | (adj.) able to contain much or many, roomy |
| convalescence (11) | (n.) the process of regaining one’s health and strength after illness |
| commendable (23) | (adj.) praiseworthy |
| entrench (33) | (v.) to dig or occupy a trench : to establish solidly |
| inured (34) | (v.) to make less sensitive |
| fey (35) | (adj.) doomed : able to see the future, visionary : |
| loping (38) | (v.) to move in an easy, leaping way |
| mordantly (49) | (adj.) sarcastic, biting |
| listlessly (59) | (adj.) too tired or uninterested to want to do things |
| idiosyncratic (74) | (adj.)characteristic, habit, or manner that is peculiar |
| infinitesimal (75) | (adj.) too small to be measurable |
| insinuate (89) | (v.) to suggest in an indirect way, imply |
| zestfully (102) | (n.) a quality that increases enjoyment |
| drab (113) | (adj.) lacking variety and interest : dull |
| poignance (113) | (adj.) deeply affecting |
| multifariously (130) | (adj.) numerous and varied |
| austerity (140) | (n.) sternness, strictness |
| torpidly (166) | (adv.) inactive, lethargic, apathetic |
| languid (188) | (adj.) lacking vigor, vitality, or interest |
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