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English Final 2014
Semester 2 Final
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| v. To make less in amount; decrease. | Abate |
| v. To grow; collect. | Accrue |
| Adj. Stinging; bitter in temper. | Acrimonious |
| n. Praise or flattery; idolization. | Adulation |
| n. Explanatory note. | Annotation |
| adj. abnormal; unusual. | Anomalous |
| adj. Shrewd, crafty, wisdom. | Astute |
| adj. Severe/stern in manner; forbidding. | Austere |
| n. Greedy desire. | Avarice |
| n. State/scene of confusion. | Bedlam |
| adj. Benefits one. | Beneficent |
| adj. Strange, unusual. | Bizarre |
| adj. Cow/ox; sluggish, dull. | Bovine |
| adj. Pale, corpse-like. | Cadaverous |
| v. Coax, persuade with flattery. | Cajole |
| v. Punish severly; criticize severly. | Castigate |
| v. Prepare by combining ingredients; to create. | Concoct |
| n. Dismay, confusion, shock. | Consternation |
| v. To plan with ingenuity; think up. | Constrive |
| adj. Fat, Heavy, bolky body. | Corpulent |
| adj. Hidden. n. Hiding place. | Covert |
| adj. Stupid, tasteless. | Crass |
| adj. Deserving blame, guilty. | Culpable |
| v. Cheapen, corrupt, to degrade. | Debase |
| adj. Pleasant; lighthearted. | Debonair |
| v. To contaminate; pollute. | Desecrate |
| adj. Stalling, slowing down. | Dilatory |
| v. To enlighten, free of deception. | Disabuse |
| v. To deny responsibility, disclaim. | Disavow |
| n. a Disagreement. | Dissension |
| v. To dissapear, scatter. | Dissipate |
| v. Demand especially with debt. n. a Creditor. adj. Dark, dull. | Dun |
| adj. Effective. | Efficacious |
| adj. Standing out; glaring. | Egregious |
| n. Dissatisfaction from lack of interest; boredom. | Ennui |
| n. Calmness, composure. | Equanimity |
| v. To speak/act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation. | Equivocate |
| adj. Vanishing, passing away. | Evanescent |
| v. To remove from a written text; to cleanse, purify. | Expurgate |
| n. Chain, bond. v. to Chain. | Fetter |
| n. An armored glove; challenge. | Gauntlet |
| n. Main point. | Gist |
| adj. Freely given, voluntary. | Gratuitous |
| adj. Assumed, supposed. | Hypothetical |
| adj. Low, inferior. | Ignoble |
| adj. Unchangeable, constant. | Immutable |
| adj. Overbearing, dominate. | Imperious |
| v. To question, deny. | Impugn |
| adj. Unimportant. | Inconsequential |
| n. Breaking of a law, violation. | Infraction |
| n. a Rebel. adj. Revolutionary, rebellious. | Insurgent |
| adj. Lacking self-control, extreme. | Intemperate |
| n. Abusive. | Invective |
| adj. Indecisive, hesitating. | Irresolute |
| v. To make milder/softer. | Mitigate |
| adj. Great variety. | Motley |
| adj. Extremely generous. | Munificent |
| adj. Cloud-like, hazy, confused. | Nebulous |
| n. a Beginner. | Novice |
| n. Hatred, a shame due to hatred. | Odium |
| n. Extreme poverty, insufficiency. | Penury |
| n. Betrayal, disloyalty. | Perfidy |
| v. To rob goods, plunder. (think of pirates) | Pillage |
| v. To ramble, blab about nonsense. | Prate |
| adj. All talk, strives for a big impression. | Pretentious |
| v. To Delay, put off | Procastinate |
| adj. Stimulating, arousing. | Provocative |
| v. To review series of facts. | Recapitulate |
| adj. Inspiring fear or awe. | Redoubtable |
| v. Place in lower position, transfer. | Relegate |
| n. Scoundrel. adj. Corrupt. v. Dissaprove. | Reprobate |
| v. To find fault with, reproach. | Reprove |
| n. Restoring something to owner, make right to a wrong. | Restitution |
| v. To revive. | Resuscitate |
| adj. continued sitting, stationary. | Sedentary |
| adj. Strong/sturdy, brave. | Stalwart |
| n. an easy job. | Sinecure |
| adj. Untidy, dirty. | Slovenly |
| adj. Nauseated, delicate, queasy. | Squeamish |
| adj. Secondary, obedient. | Subservient |
| n. Assumption. | Supposition |
| adj. Secret, concealed. | Surreptitious |
| adj. Inactive. | Torpid |
| v. Go beyond boundary. | Trangress |
| v. Transform, convert. | Transmute |
| adj. Experienced by one person taking the place of another, surrogate. | Vicarious |
| adj. Open to attack, unprotected. | Vulnerable |
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