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English 1A Vocab
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alienate | To cause to turn away |
| Elated | Very pround or happy, or in high spirits |
| Epigram | A short, witty saying or quip |
| Fatalistic | Believing that everything is determined by fate and is inevitable |
| Lackadaisical | Without spirit or interset or effort |
| Licentious | Ignoring rules or morals; Uncontrolled and immoral |
| Numismatist | One who collects coins |
| Obtrude | To force something upon another person, to intrude upon |
| Puacity | Smallness of number or scarce |
| Pensive | Deep in tought |
| Amalgamate | Combine; To mix or blend together |
| Antiquted | Old-fashioned and obsolete, Not useful anymore, Old |
| Beleaguer | To annoy persistently; harass |
| Caricature | A picture or representation in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted; To make a distorted representation of someone or something |
| Dally | To waste time idly, To fool around or delay |
| Demented | Crazy, Mentally ill, Insane |
| Felonious | Involving or concerning criminal activity, lawbreaking |
| Gorge | To stuff with food, to swallow; A small canyon with steep walls |
| Hone | To make sharper, to make more effective or improve |
| Opiate | A narcotic drug that causes sleep and relieves pain |
| Ambidexterous | Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease |
| Animate | To give life to, To move or stir to action; Possessing life or alive |
| Belated | After the expected or usual time; Delayed or tardy |
| Berserk | Violently or destructively enraged; Destructively or violently enraged |
| Chauvinist | One who is prejudiced in the superiority of their gender, group, or kind; Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind |
| Delude |