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TIA Vocab Semester 2
TIA Vocabulary S2 Vocabulary (7-14)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deluge (noun) | a flood |
| Demented (adjective) | insane |
| Demise (noun) | death |
| Denigrate (verb) | speak ill of |
| Denizen (noun) | inhabitant |
| Deplete (verb) | to use up |
| Desecrate (verb) | to damage |
| Desist (verb) | forbear |
| Desolate (adjective) | lonely |
| Despot (noun) | a dictator |
| Edifice (noun) | a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building |
| Educe (verb) | to draw or bring out |
| Eerie (adjective) | weird, mysterious; strange and frightening |
| Efface (verb) | to obliterate; to wipe out |
| Effrontery (noun) | unashamed boldness |
| Effusive (adjective) | a pouring out; an excessive display of emotion; overly demonstrative |
| Egalitarian (adjective) | belief in the equality of all people |
| Egress (noun and verb) | the right to go out; or a way to go out (noun) to go out; emerge (verb) |
| Elated (adjective) | to be in high spirits; exultantly proud and joyful |
| Elite (noun) | the choice or best of a group |
| Elude (verb) | to escape notice; to get away from |
| Embroil (verb) | to draw into a conflict or fight |
| Emissary (noun) | one sent on a special mission to represent others |
| Emit (verb) | to send out; to give forth, as in sound |
| Enmity (noun) | deep-seated hostility, often mutual |
| Ensue (verb) | to result from |
| Entity (noun) | an independent being; a real and independent existence |
| Envisage (verb) | to form a mental picture |
| Epigram (noun) | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation |
| Epitaph (noun) | inscription on a tombstone |
| Equivocal (adjective) | ambiquous; purposely vague |
| Eradicate (verb) | to wipe out; destroy |
| Fabricate (verb) | to make, to build; to make up a story in order to deceive |
| Facade (noun) | deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building |
| Fallible (adj) | capable of error |
| Fallow (adj) | inactive; unproductive |
| Farcical (adj) | absurd; ridculously clumsy |
| Fatalistic (adj) | believing that all things in life are inevitable, determined |
| Fawn (verb) | to act slavishly submissive |
| Fealty (noun) | loyalty; faithfulness |
| Feign (verb) | to pretend |
| Feisty (adj) | aggresive, lively, energetic |
| Felicity (noun) | happiness |
| Felonious (adj) | of, like, or constituting a felony (major crime) |
| Fester (verb) | to rot, to form pus; to grow embittered |
| Fiat (noun) | an official order |
| Fidelity (noun) | faithfulness |
| Filch (verb) | to steal |
| Filial (adj) | due from a son or daughter |
| Flagrant (adj) | glaringly bad; outrageous |
| Fluent (adj) | able to speak and/or write easily, clearly |
| Flux (n) | state of continual change or movement |
| Foilible (n) | a minor weakness in character |
| Fracas (n) | a loud quarrel |
| Frivolous (adj) | trivial; silly |
| Futile (adj) | useless |
| Gaff (n) | a large hook |
| Gait (n) | manner of walking |
| Gambit (n) | an opening maneuver or action one uses to gain advantage |
| Gape (v) | to stare with an open mouth |
| Garble (v) | to distort |
| Genealogy (n) | family history |
| Genesis (n) | beginning; origin |
| Ghastly (adj) | horrible; frightful |
| Gird (v) | to encircle with a belt or band; to dress; to equip |
| Gist (n) | main point |
| Glean (v) | to collect bit by bit; to gather (grain) |
| Glutinous (adj) | gluey; sticky |
| Gorge (v) | to eat or swallow greedily |
| Gothic (adj) | medieval; type of fiction that uses remote, gloomy settings |
| Granary (n) | a storehouse for grain |
| Gratify (v) | to please |
| Guile (n) | slyness and cunning in dealing with others |
| Gull (v) | to cheat |
| Gyrate (v) | to rotate, spin |
| Harp (v) | to persist in talking continuously (on or about something) |
| Haughty (adj) | arrogant, proud |
| Havoc (n) | great destruction |
| Hilarity (n) | gaiety, joy |
| Holocaust (n) | a great or complete destruction of life (usually by fire) |
| Homily (n) | a sermon |
| Hone (v) | to sharpen |
| Hovel (n) | a dirty, wretched living place |
| Humane (adj) | kind, compassionate |
| Imbibe (v) | to drink (especially alcoholic liquor) |
| Imbue (v) | to fill completely |
| Immaculate (adj) | spotless |
| Impede (v) | to hinder, obstruct |
| Impel (v) | push into motion |
| Impermeable (adj) | not permitting passage (especially fluids) |
| Impertinent (adj) | rude and disrespectful |
| Imperturbable (adj) | not easily excited, even under pressure |
| Impervious (adj) | not capable of being affected by |
| Impetuous (adj) | acting suddenly without thought |
| Jaded (adj) | worn out; as from overindulgence |
| Jargon (n) | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people |
| Judicious (adj) | showing sound judgment |
| Kindred (adj) | related by birth; of like nature |
| Knead (v) | to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture |
| Lacerate (v) | to tear (flesh) jaggedly |
| Lackadaisical (adj) | uninterested, listless |
| Lackey (n) | slavish follower |
| Laggard (n) | a slow person, especially one who falls behind |
| Lament (v) | to mourn |
| Lampoon (n) | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
| Languish (v) | to become weak or feeble |
| Lateral (adj) | to the side |
| Lax (adj) | careless or negligent |
| Lethal (adj) | deadly, fatal |
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