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Eng3h midterm vocab
Vocabulary tests 1 & 2 English 3 honors midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Complacent | self-satisfied without awareness of danger |
| Contemptuous | showing or expressing disdain; scornful |
| Feign | to put on a show of emotion; to pretend or make something up |
| Fractious | irritable; unruly |
| Supercilious | displaying arrogant pride; scornful |
| Reproach | to find fault with a person; blame |
| Intimation | a hint or suggestion |
| Unobtrusive | inconspicuous; unassertive; reticent |
| Contiguous | touching; in contact; near; adjacent in time |
| Deft | nimble; skillful; clever |
| Ineffable | too great or intense to be expressed in words; unutterable |
| Insidious | stealthy, subtle, cunning, or treacherous |
| Rancor | malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite |
| Tumult | a loud confused noise, as of a crowd or commotion |
| Turgid | overblown, inflated, or pompous |
| Dilatory | tending or inclined to decay or wasting time |
| Divot | a piece of turf dug out of a grass surface by golf club or horse's hooves |
| Pasquinade | an abusive satire posted in a public place |
| Redolent | having a pleasant smell; fragrant |
| Humidor | a humid place or container for storing tobacco |
| Lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire |
| Junta | a military group taking control of the government by force |
| Injunction | an order from court |
| Rankle | to cause annoyance |
| Defamation | slander |
| Quail | to recoil in terror |
| Inculcation | teaching by repetition |
| Evade | to avoid |
| Deposition | a formal statement made before a trial by witness who will not be present |
| Transfix | to cause someone to be unmoving because of shock |
| Agape | having the mouth open because of shock |
| Halt | to bring or come to an abrupt stop |
| Allegiance | loyalty to a person, country, or group |
| Imperceptible | impossible to see, notice or understand |
| Auger | a sharp tool that is used chiefly for making holes |
| Qualm | a feeling of doubt or uncertainty |
| Plaintiff | a person who sues another person |
| Fathom | to understand the reason for (something) |
| Confound | to surprise and confuse |
| Ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| Daft | mad; insane |
| Predilection | a tendency to do or to be attracted to something |
| Gull | to deceit or cheat |
| Calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| Deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| Perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath; false swearing |
| Affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer |
| Probity | the quality of a person who is completely honest |
| Inept | lacking skill or ability |
| Contention | something (such as a belief, opinion, or idea) that is argued or stated |
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