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Top 25 Terms
English 17-18
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| auspicious | promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success |
| facade | the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, facean outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. |
| resounding | impressively loud or booming....emphatic, unequivocal |
| commotion | a loud raucous, or cacophony, chaos |
| impulsive | acts without thinking |
| Unabated | being at full strength or force |
| methodical | logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form |
| proponent | someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause |
| adulation | obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise |
| penchant | a desire, a strong interest |
| console | to soothe or make feel better |
| junket | trip, journey: such as a trip made by an official at public expense |
| pensive | reflecting deep or profound thought |
| mediate | to bring together, to help make conflicting people or groups come to an agreement |
| defiant | indignant, rebellious |
| punctilious | showing great attention to detail or correct behavior |
| revelation | a revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea |
| incessant | nonstop, continuing without pause or interruption |
| permeate | throughout, soaked penetrate |
| prophetic | far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently |
| ominous | threatening, foreboding |
| indigenous | native to an area |
| errant | straying outside the proper path or bounds (an errant calf).... moving about aimlessly or irregularly (an errant breeze) behaving wrongly |
| decorum | an orderly, manner-filled presence |
| rogue | a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel... a mischievous person |