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English 12 midterm

Vocab

QuestionAnswer
Allege Assert without proof
Badinage Playful banter
Countermand Revoke or cancel
Exacerbate Aggravate
Irrefutable Cannot be disproved
Lackadaisical Without interest
Macabre Horrifying
Portend To indicate in advance, foreshadow
Recant Withdraw
Saturnine Gloomy
Acclamation Loud shout of welcome
Calumniate Make false and malicious statements about
Collusion A secret agreement
Imperturbably Incapable of being upset
Mandate Command from a superior
Paroxysm Violent outburst
Peregrination Travel or journey
Refulgent Shining brightly; radiant
Tyro Beginner
Vacillate Sway or change mind
Abrogate Abolish
Asperity Harshness, sharpness of tone
Cabal Small group of secret plotters
Deprecate To express earnest disapproval of
Ebullient Overflowing with enthusiasm
Flaccid Soft or limp
Inexorable Unalterable
Necromancer Communication with the dead; black magic
Rife Common or frequent occurrence
Sequester Remove or separate
Beatific Blissful, blessedness
Blandishment Flatter
Chicanery Clever trickery
Coup Overthrown
Febrile Fever, feverish
Imminent About to happen
Loath Unwilling
Minutiae Precise
Nostrum Quack remedy
Visionary Foresight
Askance Suspicion, mistrust
Benign Gracious
Charlatan Fraud or phony
Foible Flaw, minor weakness
Fraught Load, cargo
Luminous Radiating or reflect light
Obtuse Dull
Penitent Repent
Rebuff Rejection
Shambles Place of disorder
Abstruse Hard to understand
Canard Rumor
Cognizant Aware
Cynosure Focus
Deign Think is appropriate
Efficacy Effectiveness
Ethereal Light, heavenly
Ghoulish Revolting
Machination Crafty
Opprobrium Humiliation
Aesthetic Artistic
Discomfit Confuse
Fetish Obsession
Hapless Unlucky
Importune Demand with urgency
Languish Decline
Nadir All-time low
Perfunctory Careless
Requite Repay
Irreparable Incurable
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