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English Vocab I
English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Proffer | to offer |
| Enmity | hostility between enemies |
| Pallid | pale, especially from illness |
| Pliant | pliable; bending easily |
| Immured | to imprison; shut in |
| Hiatus | a break or gap in a sequence or series |
| Errant | misbehaving; traveling in search of adventure |
| Ebullient | exuberant, bubbling over with high spirits |
| Inscrutable | baffling, impossible to understand or interpret |
| Tacit | implied or understood without being put into words |
| Susurration | a soft whisper or rustling |
| Impalpable | unable to be touched or felt |
| Sinew | tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone; a tendon; muscles, strength |
| Caper | to jump or run about playfully |
| Malevolent | wishing harm to others |
| Gesticulate | make expressive movements of the hand and arms |
| Mimicry | mimicking, a thing that mimics another |
| Impervious | not able to be penetrated; not influenced by |
| Myopia | unable to see clearly what is at a distance |
| Essay | to attempt |