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Vocab Sem. 2
Vocab for semester 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enfranchise | To give voting rights |
| Remuneration | Payment for work done |
| Engender | To arise or come into existence, to cause to conceive offspring |
| Plaigarism | To copy someones written work or ideas |
| Abrasement | To belittle someone or act in an undignified way |
| Billow | To swell up with air or to move in a large, curling mass |
| Enhance | To increase the clarity of an image or object |
| Harangue | To criticize or question someone; to forcefully persuade someone |
| Abrogate | To end an agreement or contract formally, and publicly |
| Credible | Easy to trust |
| Harbinger | Someone who foreshadows or anticipates a future event |
| Obdurate | Stubborn or hard headed; not easily persuaded |
| Reprieve | To stop or postpone someone's punishment; to offer temporary relief from harm |
| Credulous | Gullible; someone easily convinced something is true |
| Enshround | To cover or obscure an object |
| Haughty | To act in a superior, arrogant, or condensating way |
| Obfuscate | To deliberately make something confusing or hard to understand |
| Blithe | Cheerful and carefree; casually indifferent |
| Pliable | Flexible; easily bent, molded, easily influenced or persuaded |
| Blunderbuss | A short, wide mouthed gun used in the 17th century |
| Laconic | Using very few words |
| Tenacious | Determined or stubborn |
| Accolade | A sign of expression of high praise and esteem |
| Cryptic | Ambiguous or obscure; deliberately mysterious and secretive |
| Lamentation | To express grief or sorrow |
| Plummet | To drop down steeply and suddenly |
| Skirmish | A brief fight between two groups |
| Discern | To understand something that was unclear at first |
| Fickle | Likely to change emotions, intentions, loyalty, and preference often. |
| Parry | To block or deflect a damaging blow from a weapon |
| Mettlesome | Spirited and courageous |
| Damp | Moist, slightly wet |
| Chronic | Long term illness; repeatedly doing something or behaving compulsively |
| Idyllic | Serenely beautiful, untroubled, or happy |
| Natty | Neat and fashionable in dress and appearance |
| Extirpate | To completely remove, kill off, or destroy something considered undesirable |
| List | To lean to a side |
| Subliminal | Entering or existing in the mind without conscious awareness |
| Whittle | To carve something small out of wood by cutting away small pieces of wood |
| Refulgent | Shining brilliantly or refulgently |
Created by:
Merzluck
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