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1-10 Vocab
Vocab words and definitions for 1-10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unrequited | Not reciprocated or returned |
| Bizarre | Odd |
| Benign | Gentle or kind |
| Spurned | Refused or rejected |
| Pined | To yearn intensely for something unattainable |
| Divine | Heavenly |
| Whimsical | Subject to unpredictable change |
| Timbre | Sound specific to an instrument |
| Waxing | Increasing in intensity |
| Beguiling | Leading by deception |
| Sovereign | Supreme ruler, especially monarch |
| Fell | Deadly |
| Expounded | Explained clearly |
| Mellifluous | Smoothly flowing |
| Melancholy | A sad mood |
| Surfeit | More than enough; excess |
| Aptly | Appropriately |
| Sage | A very wise person |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| Pulchritudinous | Beautiful |
| Superlative | Better than all others |
| Beseeched | To request urgently |
| On tenterhooks | Waiting in suspense |
| Virtuous | Showing good morals |
| Woo | To try to gain the love of |
| Motley | Diverse |
| Nubile | Attractive |
| Disquited | Alarmed |
| Siblings | Brothers and sisters |
| Ethereal | Heavenly |
| Mollified | To soothe in temper |
| Animate | Alive |
| Lugubriously | Mournfully |
| Meritorious | Deserving praise |
| Rejoined | Returned |
| Demise | Death |
| Abjured | Rejected |
| Bereft | Not having something you need or want |
| Sequestering | Setting apart; segregating |
| Ingratiate | Gain favor |