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Language Arts Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vigil | wakefulness maintained for any reason during hours of sleep |
| Shrouded | to cover up |
| Eerie | so as to inspire superstitious fear |
| Morbid | unhealthy mental state or aditude |
| Solace | comfort in sorrow |
| Proffer | to put before a person for acceptance |
| Presumptous | showing or doing bold actions before approval |
| Aghast | struck with overwhelming shock |
| Oppresive | burdensome, causing discomfort by being intense |
| Reverberate | to resound or reflect sound |
| Placidly | to do something quietly |
| Mar | damage or spoil to a certain extent |
| Fate | something that unavoidably befalls |
| Ill-gotten | acquired by dishonest or evil means |
| Audible | capable of being heard |
| Amiable | displaying friendly manner, good qualities |
| Enthrall | to capture attention, to hold in slavery |
| Malign | evil in nature. to speak harmful untruths |
| Prosaic | lacking poetic energy, dull, prose |
| Frivolous | not having serious purpose |
| Antidote | a medicine or other remedy for counteracting, disease |
| Counteract | to act in opposition to |
| Geneaology | a record of the ancestry and decent of family |
| Congenial | pleasing in nature or character |
| Conjecture | the formation or expression of an opinion without evidence or proof |
| Emancipation | process of being set free |
| Manifest | readily perceived by the eye or the understanding |
| Negligance | being neglected |
| Compliance | act of confirming |
| Fallacy | deceptive, misleading, or false |