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English Vocab. L4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprehend | 1.to take into custody; capture;arrest 2.to understand; to grasp with the mind |
| Astound | to greatly amaze;to astonish |
| Barren | not producting anything, such as crops |
| Congestion | an overcrowding; a clogging |
| Denounce | to accuse publicy;to criticize strongly |
| Diligent | hard-working; making a steady effort |
| Dominate | to rule by strength or power;to be most important; to control |
| Emite | 1.to send out;to give off 2.to utter |
| Gibberish | meaningless chatter;nonsense |
| Hypocrisy | a pretending to be what one is not;saying one thing and doing another |
| Impenetrable | not capable of being entered or passed through |
| Likelihood | the fact of being likely to happen;something that is likely to happen |
| Mutual | 1.done or felt by each of two people toward the other 2.shared by all or common to all |
| Offbeat | out of the ordinary;different than most;strange |
| Terminate | 1.to put an end to; to bring to an end;to stop 2.to come to an end |