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English B Midterm
Midterms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjunct | 1. Attachment; appendage. 2. Subordinate or auxiliary capacity. |
| Amorous | Strongly attracted to love; showing love |
| Assimilation | act of blending in, becoming similar |
| Benefactor | someone giving aid or money |
| Adherent | believer, supporter, devote |
| aesthetic | Pertaining to beauty or art |
| Allusion | indirect reference |
| Allusiveness | Quality of making indirect references |
| Amenable | agreeable, cooperative |
| Amoral | Unprincipled, unethical |
| Amorous | Strongly attracted to love; showing love |
| Approbation | Praise, official approval |
| ascertain | To determine, discover or make certain of |
| Assiduous | Diligent, persistent, hard-working |
| Assimilation | act of blending in, becoming similar |
| Audacious | Bold, daring, fearless |
| Audit | Formal examination of financial records |
| Aversion | Intense dislike |
| Avouch | Guarantee, take responsibility for; affirm |
| Beseech | To beg, plead, implore |
| Betoken | To indicate, signify, give evidence of |
| Blanch | To pale; take the color out of |
| blatant | Glaring, obvious, showy |
| boorish | Ill-mannered or rude |
| Buffoon | Clown or fool |
| Buttress | To reinforce, or support, Truss; foundation |
| Carouse | Live it up |
| Carp | To find fault, complain constantly |
| Castigate | To punish, chastise, criticize severely |
| Cavalier | Carefree; happy; with lordly Disdain |
| Cavort | To frolic, frisk |
| Certitude | Assurance, certainty |
| Champion | To defend, or support |
| Chastise | To punish, discipline, scold |
| churlish | Selfish, rancorous, surly |
| Circumscribe | To encircle; set limits or confine |
| citadel | Fortress or stronghold |
| Cognition | Mental process by which knowledge is acquired |
| Compatriot | Fellow countryman |
| Compensate | To repay or reimburse |
| Complacent | Self-satisfied, smug |
| Concede | To yield, admit |
| Conceptualize | To envision, imagine |
| Congenial | Similar in tastes and habits |
| Conjecture | Speculation, prediction |
| Constraint | Something that forces or compels; something that restrains or confines |
| decapitate | To behead |
| demystify | To remove mystery from, clarify |
| deplore | To express or feel disapproval; Strongly regret |
| deploy | To spread out strategically over an area |
| dishearten | Dismay, daunt depress |
| disinclined | Averse, unwilling, lacking desire |
| enigmatic | Cryptic, baffling, mysterious |
| enshroud | To cover or enclose with a dark cover |
| evoke | inspire, memories, produce a reaction |
| Excruciation | Agonizing, intensely painful |
| expound | To elaborate, expand or increase |
| filch | To steal or take without permission |
| Flagrant | Outrageous, shameless |
| Flamboyant | Flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling |
| Gratuity | Something given voluntarily, tip |
| grievous | Causing grief or sorrow, serious and distressing |
| maelstrom | whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
| malady | illness |
| Natal | relating to birth |
| oblivious | unaware, inattentive |
| obscure | unclear; not well known |
| palatial | like a palace, magnificent |
| palette | board for mixing paints, range of colors |
| query | question |
| quiver | to shake slightly, tremble, vibrate |
| ramification | an implication, outgrowth, or consequence |
| rancor | bitter hatred |
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