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English 1 Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amenity | pleasantness resulting from agreeable terms |
| Cultivated | developed by human care and for human use |
| Droll | comical in an odd or whimsical manner |
| Condone | excuse, overlook |
| Quarry | animal hunted or caught for food |
| Zealous | enthusiasm |
| Uncanny | unusual |
| Imperative | important/required |
| Correlate | mutual relation |
| Expendable | suitable to be used up |
| Infinitesimally | immeasurably small |
| Paradox | a statement that contradicts itself |
| Resilient | recovering from adversity, depression |
| Subliminal | below the threshold of conscious perception |
| Stagnating | stand still |
| Undulate | move in waves |
| Boon | something desirable |
| Condescending | characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance |
| Derisive | ridicule |
| Exodus | escape |
| Fractious | easily annoyed |
| Genesis | start, coming into being |
| Immutable | unchanging over time |
| Rancor | deep hatred |
| Adversary | enemy |
| Fracas | loud, noisy |
| Lacerate | to cut |
| Nefarious | evil |
| Patrician | an aristocrat, noble being |
| Saucy | sassy, rude |