click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Vocab
English Final
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Cede | To give up/surrender |
Climactic | Most exciting/important |
Deign | To do something that one believes is below him/her |
Admonish | To caution against |
Censure | To give strong dissaproval |
Injunction | A warning |
Despondent | Depressed |
Abate | To reuce |
Banter | Speaking teasingly |
Accost | To approach someone with anger |
Epithet | A word/phrase that describes someone/something |
Brusque | Talking/acting unfriendly |
Commiseration | Sympathy/sorrow |
Decorum | Good manners |
Deprecate | To show dissaproval |
Demeanor | How one appears to others |
Condone | To allow wrong behavior to continue |
Benign | Kind/gentle in character |
Glean | To gather bit-by-bit |
Blithe | Happy and carefree |
Manifold | Many and various |
Purport | To claim to be |
Vivacity | State of being happy and lively |
Abet | To help a criminal |
Bauble | Fake/cheap jewelry/decoration |
Callow | Immature and inexperienced |
Depcrepit | Old/poor health |
Effaced | To erase |
Lacerate | To cut/tear roughly |
Malady | Sickness/illness |
Neophyte | Someone has just begun learning something |
Opulence | Wealth/riches |
Paradox | Two contrasting things |
Repose | To be at rest |
Abase | To lower (in importance) |
Circumscribe | To draw a line/shape around something |
Embelish | To make beautiful with decorations |
Debacle | Complete failure |
Bilateral | Involving two groups |
Sinious | Having many twists and turns |