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english 9/24/15
english voc
Term | Definition |
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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 |