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English Vocab
Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Facade | appearance or illusion of something |
| Flagrant | shockingly noticeable or evident |
| Genesis | origin, creation, or beginning |
| Patrician | noble person or high rank; aristocrat a person of very good background |
| Nefarious | extremely wicked or villainous |
| Emissary | representative sit on a mission or errand somewhat of a spy |
| Queue | to form a line while waiting; a group of people |
| Kindred | kinfolk; relatives collectively |
| Query | a question |
| Fracas | |
| Carp | |
| Lacerate | slash; tear roughly |
| Rancid | |
| Deluge | overwhelming like a flood |
| Havoc | |
| Catholic | |
| Pall | |
| Eerie | uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl. |
| Languish | to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. to lose vigor and vitality. |
| Martial | inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people. |
| Fester | |
| Beneficiary | |
| Anthropomorphic | ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity. |
| Modicum | moderate or small amount of something |
| Lethal | |
| Embroil | |
| Nemesis | |
| Denigrate | |
| Haughty | |
| Humane | |
| Impertinent | |
| Effusive | |
| Lament | |
| Defunct | |
| Envisage | |
| Gape | |
| Alacrity | |
| Pallid | |
| Benediction | |
| Lateral | |
| Carnage | |
| Judicious | |
| Catalyst | |
| Jargon | |
| Deify | |
| Impetuous | |
| Epitaph | |
| Impel | |
| Harp | |
| Adjunct | |
| Penchant | |
| Chicanery | |
| Nadir | |
| Debonair | |
| Mitigate | |
| Deplete | |
| Macabre | |
| Equivocal | |
| Impervious | |
| Farcical | |
| Gull | |
| Fillial | |
| Admonish | |
| Palpable | |
| Affliction | |
| Paean | |
| Aphorism | |
| Oust | |
| Cache | |
| Oscillate | |
| Daub | |
| Obeisance | |
| Delete | |
| Mendicant | |
| Imperturbable | |
| Aloof | |
| Rambunctious | |
| Bias | |
| Personification | |
| Cavort |