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1-10 Vocab
Vocab words and definitions for 1-10
Term | Definition |
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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 |