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english 9/24/15
english voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| precluded | made impossible in advance |
| retribution | payback punishment for a misdeed |
| accosted | greeted especially in an aggressive way |
| afflicted | suffering or sickened |
| explicit | clearry stated |
| recoiling | staggering back |
| termination | end |
| subsided | settled down became less active or intense |
| mood | primary feeling |
| description | painted words |
| placid | calm |
| garish | to bright |
| recounted | told in detail narrated |
| sullen | gloomy |
| furtively | stealthily so as to avoid being heard |
| imperative | urgent absolutely necessary |
| reconnaissance | exploratory in nature as when observing to seek information |
| fretful | irritable and discontented |
| palpable | able to be touched or felt |
| indolently | lazily idly |
| bizarre | odd in appearance |
| naive | unsophisticated |
| scruples | misgivings about something one feels is wrong |
| blandly | in a mild and soothing manner |
| grotesque | having a strange bizarre design |
| futile | hopeless |
| pallor | paleness |
| wreathed | curled around |
| writhing | twisting |
| tumult | noisy commotion |
| singular | rare extraordinary |
| evail | be of help |
| hoax | deceitful trick |
| introspective | causing one to look into ones own thoughts and feelings |
| vex | annoy |
| conundrums | puzzling questions or problems |
| astuteness | shrewdness |
| formidable | aweinspiring |
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