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TWM Vocab
Bullington's English 2
Term | Definition |
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Biopsy | a sample of tissue taken from the body to examine |
Demise | the end of an operation or existence of something; the death of one |
Insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
Aphorisms | a statement of truth or opinion in a witty manner |
Humility | humbleness; not bragging |
Deferments | postponements; to break it down into smaller payments |
Lamented | to mourn someone who has passed |
Alienation | being isolated from a group |
Atrophied | a wasting away or breaking down of the body |
Cynical | contemptuous; mocking; making fun of someone to hurt someone’s feelings |
Insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way with very harmful effects |
Intrusive | causing a disruption or annoyance |
Clamoring | a loud uproar |
Nostalgia | a sentimental longing for the past |
Imminent | about to happen; overhanging |
Ambivalence | mixed feelings, not sure about something or someone |
Opiate | relating to or containing opium; a drug |
Antidote | a medicine taken to counteract poison |
Indecipherable | not able to read or understand |
Solidarity | unity or agreement of feeling or action |
Transcend | be or go beyond the range or limits of |
Deficient | not enough of; lacking |
Teeming | be full of something or swarming with |
Condemned | express complete disapproval of |
Lilting | sound with a lift |
Exertion | physical or mental effort |
Radical | thorough; done fully |
Inclination | the desire to do something |
Revel | to enjoy oneself |
Oblivion | the state of being unaware |