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English Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| auspicious | promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success |
| commotion | a loud raucous, or cacophony, chaos |
| methodical | logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form |
| penchant | a desire, a strong interest |
| pensive | reflecting deep or profound thought |
| punctillious | showing great attention to detail or correct behavior |
| incessant | nonstop, continuing without pause or interruption |
| prophetic | far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently |
| indigneous | native to an area |
| decorum | an orderly, manner-filled presence |
| facade | the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, face an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. |
| impulsive | acts without thinking |
| proponent | someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause (opposite of against--con) |
| console | to soothe or make feel better |
| mediate | to bring together, to help make conflicting people or groups come to an agreement |
| revelation | a revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea |
| permeate | throughout, soaked penetrate |
| ominous | threatening, foreboding |
| errant | straying outside the proper path or bounds (an errant calf).... moving about aimlessly or irregularly (an errant breeze) behaving wrongly (an errant child) |
| rogue | a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel... a mischievous person |
| resounding | impressively loud or booming....emphatic, unequivocal |
| unabated | being at full strength or force |
| adulation | obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise |
| junket | trip, journey: such as a trip made by an official at public expense |
| defiant | angry, stubborn, aggressively resisting |
| compel | force or oblige (someone) to do something , urge, pressure |
| despise | feel contempt or a deep repugnance for |
| justify | show or prove to be right or reasonable , explain, support, give reasons for |
| jeer | show or prove to be right or reasonable , explain, support, give reasons for |
| retaliate | make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack , reciprocate, 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:
KyleD'Angelo
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