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ENG nouns&adjectives

English Vocab

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Noose: gag, die, squeeze
Wretches: underprivileged, underdog
Onslaught: assault, onset, attempt, offense
oblivion: blackness, darkness, eclipse, emptiness
culprit: con, convict, delinquent, fugitive
Libations: drink, gift, offering, sacrifice
insolence: disrespect, rudeness
exception, privilege;
Viper: snake
Concubine: courtesan, kept women, mistress;
Anarchists: rebel, revolutionary, terrorist;
coadjutor: co-worker, assistant;
promontory: peninsula
impiety: sin, wickedness;
aphorism: saying, maxim, adage;
suppliant: one who pleads, begs, or petitions
fratricidal: the killing of brother
Matricide: killing of mother
Fratricide: killing father.
erstwhile: previous, last
pious: devout, religious, virtuous
primeval: primordial, prehistoric, ancient
Static: constant, fixed, immobile, rigid
to smite slice, cut, slash, chop
to contend compete, vie, challenge
to clang clank, sound, reverberate
to marshal assemble, line up, organize
to mangle crush, mash, contort, twist
to prevail triumph, succeed, overcome
to revere admire, respect, be in awe of, worship
to deviate diverge, move away, stray, depart
to babble jabber, talk nonsense
to quibble equivocate, nitpick
to devise plan, work out, create
to reproach criticize, censure, admonish, reprimand
to perplex bewilder, confuse, confound, baffle
to nurture care for, rear, foster
to blight stain, scar, pollute
to transgress misbehave, disobey, sin
to revile insult, abuse, scorn, condemn
to be devoid of lacking, without, empty, free of
to ward off protect/defend against, defray, fight off
to reproach reprimand, accuse, rebuke
to bode augur, portent, promise
to exonerate clear, absolve, acquit
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