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English 9 Midterm
Vocab units 1 - 4 (I abbreviated adjective)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Admonish | (Verb) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| Breach | (Noun) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (Verb) to create an opening, break through |
| Brigand | (Noun) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| Circumspect | (Adj.) cautious, careful |
| Commandeer | (Verb) to seize for military or official use |
| Cumbersome | (Adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| Deadlock | (Noun) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (Verb) to bring such a standstill |
| Debris | (Noun) scattered fragments, wreckage |
| Diffuse | (Verb) to spread or scatter widely or freely; (Adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| Dilemma | (Noun) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Efface | (Verb) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Muddle | (Verb) to make a mess of; to get by; (Noun) a hopeless mess |
| Opinionated | (Adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having aa closed mind |
| Perennial | (Adj.) lasting a long time, persistent; (Noun) a plant that lives many years |
| Predispose | (Verb) inclined to beforehand |
| Relinquish | (Verb) to let go, give up |
| Salvage | (Verb) to save from fire or shipwreck; (Noun) property thud saved |
| Spasmodic | (Adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
| Spurious | (Adj.) Not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Unbridled | (Adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| Adjourn | (Verb) to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place |
| Alien | (Noun) a citizen of another country; (Adj.) foreign, strange |
| Comely | (Adj.) having a pleasing appearance |
| Compensate | (Verb) to make up for; to repay for services |
| Dissolute | (Adj.) loose in one's morals or values |
| Erratic | (Adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| Expulsion | (Noun) the process of driving or forcing out |
| Feint | (Noun) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (Verb) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Fodder | (Noun) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| Fortify | (Verb) to strengthen, build up |
| Illegible | (Adj.) difficult or impossible to read |
| Jeer | (Verb) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (Noun) a rude remark or derision |
| Lucrative | (Adj.) bringing in money, profitable |
| Mediocre | (Adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| Proliferate | (Verb) to reproduce, increase or spread rapidly |
| Subjugate | (Verb) to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| Sully | (Verb) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| Tantalize | (Verb) to tease, torment by teasing |
| Terse | (Adj.) brief and to the point |
| Unflinching | (Adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
| Abridge | (Verb) to make shorter |
| Adherent | (Noun) a follower, supporter; (Adj.) attached, sticking to |
| Altercation | (Noun) an angry argument |
| Cherubic | (Adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent |
| Condone | (Verb) to pardon or overlook |
| Dissent | (Verb) to disagree; (Noun) disagreement |
| Eminent | (Adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
| Exorcise | (Verb) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive |
| Fabricate | (Verb) to make manufacture; to make up, invent |
| Irate | (Adj.) angry |
| Marauder | (noun) raider, plunderer |
| Obesity | (Noun) excessive fatness |
| Pauper | (Noun) an extremely poor person |
| Pilfer | (Verb) to steal in small quantities |
| Rift | (Noun) a split, break, breach |
| Semblance | (Noun) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition |
| Surmount | (Verb) to over come, rise above |
| Terminate | (Verb) to bring to an end |
| Trite | (Adj.) commonplace; overused, stale |
| Usurp | (Verb) too seize and hold a position by force and without right |
| Abscond | (Verb) to run off and hide |
| Access | (Noun) approach o admittance to places, persons, or things; and increase; (Verb) to get at, obtain |
| Anarchy | (Noun) a lack of government or law; confusion |
| Arduous | (Adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort |
| Auspicious | (Adj.) favorable; fortunate |
| Biased | (Adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| Daunt | (Verb) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| Disentangle | (Verb) to free from tangles or complications |
| Fated | (Adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| Hoodwink | (Verb) to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| Inanimate | (Adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit |
| Incinerate | (Verb) to burn to ashes |
| Intrepid | (Adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakeable |
| Larceny | (Noun) theft |
| Pliant | (Adj.) bending readily; easily influenced |
| Pompous | (Adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| Precipice | (Noun) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| Rectify | (Verb) to make right, correct |
| Reprieve | (Noun) a temporary relief or delay; (Verb) to grant a postponement |
| Revile | (Verb) to attack with words, call bad names |
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