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Quarter 2 List #2
English 11R
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adroit | (adj): dexterous;deft/skilled. |
| Alacrity | (n):promptness in response;cheerful readiness;eagerness. |
| Anomaly | (n): an odd,peculiar,or strange condition, situation,or quality;something abnormal. |
| Arbitrary | (adj): unreasonable or unsupported. |
| Banal | (adj): drearily commonplace;predictable;trite. |
| Belligerent | (adj): eager to fight hostile;hostile or aggressive. |
| Cajole | (v): to urge with repeated appeals,teasing,or flattery. |
| Cantankerous | (adj): ill-tempered and quarrelsome;disagreeable. |
| Circumspect | (adj): careful;prudent;discreet. |
| Deride | (v): mock contemptuously/angrily. |
| Duplicitous | (adj): deceitful,dishonest,two-faced,deliberately deceptive. |
| Effusive | (adj): showing excessive emotion;overflowing. |
| Erudition | (n): deep,extensive learning,deep learning. |
| Exacerbate | (v): to increase the severity,violence, or bitterness of. |
| Impute | (v): to attribute an action to particular person or group. |
| Incongruous | (adj): lacking in harmony;incompatible. |
| Inundate | (v): to overwhelm as if with a flood. |
| Magnanimous | (adj): courageously or generously noble in mind and heart. |
| Pernicious | (adj): extremely or irrevocably harmful;deadly. |
| Predilection | (n): a partially; prefrence. |
| Repudiate | (v): to reject the validity or authority of. |
| Reticene | (n) the quality or state of keeping silent;reserve. |
| Specious | (adj): having the right of truth or plausibility but actually false. |
| Tenuous | (adj): having little substance or stength;shaky. |
| Vicarious | (adj): felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feeling of another. |