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Vocabulary 8 honors

study vocab terms 2017

TermDefinition
apathy a feeling of hopelessness
grimace frown
contempt disgust,hatred
rivulet a tiny stream of water
commotion chaos
pilgrimage a spiritual journey
decorum an orderly manner-filled presence
humility a modesty or limited/low view of one's own importance
permeate throughout soaked
grieve to be sad, usually over the loss of
ponder to think deeply
condescend rude
banish to send out
pummel hitting continuously
cower to bow or bend in fear
profound deep, thoughtful
indignant angry, stubborn, rebellious
impulsive acts without thinking
intricate detailed, specific
ominous threatning
defiant indignant, rebelluious
conspicuous obvious, sticks out
arrogant stuck up
unorthodox not following rules
tenacious determind
allot to distribute
audacious bold, adventurous
devoid empty, lacking
comply to yield at a request or demand
prodigious extraordinary in size or degree
perturb to trouble or annoy
penchant a desire or strong intrest
compel force someone to do something, pressure
despise feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
justify prove to be right, explain, support, give reasons for
jeer make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
retaliate make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack, get back at
infraction a violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules
scion a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft, a descendent
prominent well known, in the public eye
relentless tenacious, go getting, incredibly determined
dilapidated decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
vehement intensely emotional, deeply felt, marked by forceful energy
Created by: Liana14
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