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English Vocabulary 1
vocab~october country~11-12-08
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elegance | refinement in appearance, movement, or manners |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| jangled | a harsh or discordant sound |
| ravine | a small narrow steep sided valley, larger than a gully, smaller than a canyon, and usually worn by running water |
| veils | any covering of the body |
| brandished | to display in a showy or aggressive manner |
| deftly | cleverly, nimbly |
| paraphernalia | personal belongings; articles of equipment |
| taxidermy | the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals, especially vertebrates |
| tureens | a deep bowl from which food is served |
| carapaces | a hard, bony outer covering, such as the fused dorsal plates of a turtle or portion of the exoskeleton covering the head and the thorax of a crustacean |
| coiffure | a style of arranging or combing the hair |
| nasturiums | a plant with a trumpet-shaped red, yellow, or orange flowers |
| nefarious | extremely wicked or villainous |
| phosphorescent | having or existing a persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation |
| bequeath | to dispose of (personal property, esp. money) by last will |
| gnarled | full of or covered with gnarls; bent; twisted |
| jalopy | an old, dilapidated motor vehicle, especially an automobile |
| loam | a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay |
| wields | to handle (a weapon or tool, for example) with skill and ease |
| ambivalence | the co-existence within an individual of positive and negative feelings towards the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions |
| amoral | having no moral standards, restraints, or principles; unaware of or indifferent to questions of right or wrong |
| effluvium | a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, esp. one that is disagreeable or noxious |
| revulsion | disgust |
| strewn | to spread widely |
| derisive | characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking |
| goiters | an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, esp. hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet |
| indolent | disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy |
| ramshackle | loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky |
| undulate | to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement |
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allisonrhall2
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