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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 |