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EN9 Vocab (1.2.2)

Vocabulary for English 9, week 2, Lesson 1.2.2

TermDefinition
Annul (1) To make ineffective, (2) to bring to an end legally
Banter To speak in a friendly but teasing or witty way
Calamitous Causing or accompanied by calamity <calamitous events
Crucial (1) Being a final or very important test or decision, (2) very important
Decoy (1) Something intended to lure into a trap, (2) a person used to lead another into a trap
Disdain A feeling of scorn for something or someone regarded as beneath oneself
Abashed To destroy the self-control or self-confidence of
Elite (1) The part or group having the highest quality or importance, (2) a small powerful group of people
Evolve (1) To develop or work out from something else, (2) to produce or change by a process of evolution.
Facetious (1) Joking or kidding often inappropriately, (2) meant to be funny, not serious.
Galantry (1a) An act of notable courtesy, (1b) courteous attention to a woman, (2) notable bravery
Impart (1) To give or grant from or as if from a store, (2) to make known
Kindred (1) a group of related individuals, (2) a person's relatives
Maim to injure or disfigure badly
Oblique (1) having a slanting direction or position : neither perpendicular nor parallel (2) having the axis not perpendicular to the base (3) having no right angle (4) not straightforward or direct
Pallid lacking healthy color
Ramshackle looking ready to fall down
Scapegoat a person or thing taking the blame for others
Taint to touch or affect slightly with something bad
Vaunted much praised or boasted about
Created by: cpmackenzie
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