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Lindsay - LA Voc.
LA Voc.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Instill | To infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings |
| Ridicule | Speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter |
| Assailant | A person who attacks |
| Peril | Exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk |
| Indomitable | That cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons |
| Vindictive | Disposed or inclined to revenge |
| Mutinous | Disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt |
| Sullen | Showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve |
| Improbable | Not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen |
| Plethora | A large or excessive amount of something |
| Contemplate | To look thoughtfully for a long time |
| Germane | Relevant to a subject under consideration |
| Compelling | Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irrestible way |
| Imperative | Of Vital Importance; crucial |
| Significant | Importance; of consequence |
| Beneficial | Conferring Benefit |
| Devastating | Tending or Threatening to devastate |
| Portray | To make a likeness or drawing, painting, carving, or the like |
| Tantalizing | Having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouse exception, interest, or desire, especially, that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach. |
| Malice | Desire to inflict injury harm, or suffering or another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness. |
| Rapport | Relation; Connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation |
| Hyperventilate | To breathe abnormally |
| Commemorate | To serve as a memorial or reminder of |
| Malnourish | Provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment |
| Notorious | Widely and unfavorable unknown |
| Hyperbole | Obvious and Intentional; Exaggeration |
| Steward | A person who manages anothers property or financial affairs |
| Workmanlike | Like or befitting a workman |
| Memoir | A record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation |
| Denote | To be a mark or sign on; indicate |
| Leeward | Pertaining to; situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows |
| Dreamlike | A succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. |
| Hypertension | Elevation of the blood pressure |
| Deportation | The lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state. |
| Sentimental | Expressive of or appealing to sentiment especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostaligia |
| Dehumanize | To deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality |
| Hypervigilant | Keenly watchful to detect danger |
| Wayward | Turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful, disobedient |
| Falter | To hesitate or waiver in action, purpose, intent |
| Demented | Crazy; Insane; Mad |
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TracySammon
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