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TWM Vocab
Bullington's English 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |