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English 2 Vocabulary
English 2 Bellringer Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Circumambulate | To walk around |
| Equanimity | Balanced, calm, unruffled |
| Perfidious | Deliberately faithless; treacherous, deceitful |
| Anthropomorphic | Resembling or made to resemble a human form |
| Oligarchy | Government by the few |
| Monogamy | Marriage to one person |
| Gynophobia | Fear of women |
| Kleptomania | An irresistible impulse to steal |
| Pathos | The quality in something that makes people feel pity or sadness |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Homogeneous | Of the same kind or general nature |
| Cordial | Tending to revive cheer or invigorate |
| Manuscript | A handwritten or typed composition as distinguished from a printed copy |
| Millisecond | One thousandth of a second |
| Centennial | One hundredth anniversary |
| Psychosomatic | A physical disorder that is caused or influenced by the emotional state of the patient |
| Endoscope | A slender, tubular instrument used for internal diagnostic examination and surgical procedures |
| Sophomoric | Showing the naive lack of judgment that accompanies immaturity |
| Annuity | A sum of money payable yearly |
| Capitulate | To surrender often after a negotiation of terms |
| Pedestrian | Commonplace, unimaginative |
| Sectarian | Relating to a narrowly confined interest, purpose, or scope |
| Sedentary | Characterized by a great deal of sitting and little movement |
| Petulance | The state or quality of being unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered |
| Loathsome | Causing feelings of disgust, revolt, or repulsion |
| Circumspect | Watchful and cautious; well-considered |
| Equitable | Just; right; fair; reasonable |
| Perfunctory | Without interest, care, or enthusiasm |
| Anthropophagy | The eating of human flesh; cannibalism |
| Matriarchal | Government by mothers or women |
| Pyromaniac | Person who has an irresistible urge to start fires |
| Bigamist | The crime of being married to another while the spouse still lives |
| Androgynous | Neither clearly male nor female; bearing traits of both |
| Antipathy | Strongly negative feeling |
| Agoraphobia | Fear of open and public places |
| Circumvent | To surround or entrap; to go around or bypass |
| Equivocate | To use double meaning in order to mislead; to be shifty |
| Psychataxia | An inability to focus one's attention or concentrate |
| Sophistry | A subtle, tricky method of reasoning that seems logical but really is not |
| Homologate | To approve or confirm officially |
| Pedantic | A narrow, tiresome focus on or display of learning, especially on trivial and unimportant concepts |
| Circumlocution | Unnecessarily wordy and indirect language, often used to mislead |
| Concordant | In agreement; harmonious |
| Legerdemain | Sleight of hand; trickery |
| Bimillennium | Period of two thousand years |
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klaurence
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