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Brenham - EG 24 - 33
Brenham Emory's Gift Vocab 24, 25, 32, 33
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| oppressive | burdensome, distressing |
| countenances | the look or expression of the face |
| contraindicated | a symptom or condition to give indication against the advisability of a particular or usual remedy or treatment |
| intoned | to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation |
| vehmently | characterized by strong emotion; intense or passionate |
| absurdity | the state or quality of being senseless, illogical or untrue |
| impassive | without emotion; apathetic; unmoved |
| oblivious | unmindful' unconscious; unaware |
| pondering | to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate |
| surged | a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush or sweep |
| berserk | wild, crazed, deranged, violent |
| unrestrained | not controlled or constrained |
| threshold | the sill of a doorway; the entrance to a house or building |
| paramount | superior to all others; dominant |
| agitation | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings; disturb |
| legitimize | to show or affirm; to be justified |
| subtle | difficult to perceive; obscure |
| accusatory | containing or expressing accusation; accusing |
| speculatively | marked by questioning curiosity |
| arbitrary | depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law |
| fabricate | to make up for the purpose of discretion |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed |
| disintegrated | to break or decompose |
| irrespressible | impossible to repress, restrain, control |
| somberly | to be dark, gloomy serious |
| deferred | to submit to another's wishes or opinion |