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Vocab
Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Douse | plunge into a liquid, drench to put out quickly, extinguish |
| Expressly | plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose |
| Famished | suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something |
| Forsake | to give up, renounce, to leave, abandon |
| Gainful | profitable; bring in money or some special advantage |
| Immense | very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| Inept | totally without skill or appropriateness |
| Ingenious | showing remarkable originality inventiveness, resourcefulness; clever |
| Irk | to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| Instantaneous | done in an instance; immediate |
| Libel | a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation about the person about whom it is made; to write or publish such a statement |
| Misgiving | a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertanty |
| Oaf | a stupid person; big, clumsy, slow individual |
| Recede | to go move backward; to become more distant |
| Repast | a meal, food |
| Apparel | clothing that serves as a dress or decoration |
| Besiege | to attack by surrounding with military forces, to cause worry or trouble |
| Compress | to press together, to reduce size or volume; a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
| Denounce | to condemn openly, to accuse formally |
| Dispatch | to send off or out for a purpose to kill, an official message, promptness speed |
| Constrain | to force, to compel, to restrain, hold back |
| Contemporary | belonging to the same period of time as oneself: a person of the same time |
| Depict | to portray; to represent to show in the form of a picture |
| Disinterested | fair minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent |
| Encompass | to encircle , go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class |
| Mimic | a person who does imitations; to imitate, to make fun of |
| Ruffle | to wrinkle, make uneven; to annoy, upset; to flip through; a gathered strip of material used for trimming edges; a ripple; a low drumbeat |
| Serene | peaceful, calm; free emotional upset; clear and free of storm; majestic , grand |
| Sheepish | embarrassed; resembling a sheep in meekness; timid |
| Stamina | the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power |
| Barrage | a rapid, large-scale outpouring of something |
| Bigot | an intolerant, prejudice or biassed person |
| Designate | to indicate, point out; to appoint; selected but not yet installed |
| Diversity | difference, variety, condition of having many different types of forms |
| Enigma | someone or something that is extremely puzzling, that which cannot be understood or explained |
| Gloat | to look at or think about with great intensity and satisfaction; to take great personal joy in |
| Global | relating to, or involving the entire world; comprehensive |
| Illusion | a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware of that really does not exist |
| Infuriate | to make very angry, enrage |
| Motivate | to provide with a reason. for doing; to push on to some goal or coarse of action |
| Pacifist | one who is against war or the use of violence; opposing war or violence |
| Queue | a line of people waiting for something; to form such a line |
| Restrict | to keep within set limits; to confine |
| Sage | Wise; a very wise person |
| Slake | to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end |
| Terrain | the landscape, especially considered with regard to its physical features of fitness for some use; a field of knowledge |
| vocation | any trade, profession, or occupation; a sense of fitness or special calling for ones work |
| Vow | a solemn or sacred promise or pledge to declare promise in a solemn way |
| Waylay | to lie in wait for and attack, ambush |
| Wither | to dry up wilt sag; to cause someone to feel ashamed, humiliated, or very small |
| Acquit | to declare not guilty, free from blame, discharge completely: to conduct or beaver oneself. |
| Deem | to think, believe:; consider , have an opinion |
| Devastate | to destroy, lay waste, leave in ruins |
| Discredit | To throw dough upon, cause to be distrusted. |
| Elusive | difficult to Cath or to hold, hard to explain or understand |
| Generate | to bring into existence, to be the cause of. c |
| Idolize | to worship as an idol, make an idol of, to love very much |
| Ingratitude | a lack of thankfulness |
| Keepsake | something kept in memory of someone |
| Mortal | being that must eventually die |
| Ovation | an enthusiastic public welcome outburst of applause |
| Petty | unimportant, trivial; narrow minded secondary in rank minor |
| Plight | a sorry condition or state; to pledge promise solemnly |
| Repent | to feel sorry for what one has done or failed to do |
| Reverie | a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought |
| Revocation | an act or instance of caring back, an annulment, cancellation |
| Scan | to examine closely; to look over quickly but thoroughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem; an examination |
| Strand | a beach or shore; a string or wire, hair, etc; to drive aground, to leave hopeless position |
| Strife | bitter disagreement, fighting, struggle |
| Topple | to fall forward; to overturn, bring about the downfall. |
| acute | a sharp point; keen and alert; star and severe; rising quickly to point and lasting for a short time |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way to blow in stormy gusts speech that is loud and threatening |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly to ruin something through clumsiness |
| commentary | a series of notes clarifying or explain something an expression or feeling |
| duration | THE LENGH OF TIME THAT SOMETHING CONTINUES OR LASTS |
| Eerie | Causing fear because or strangeness weird mysteriuos |
| Facet | One aspect or side of a subject problem, one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| Fidelity | the state of being faithful; accuracy in details exactness |
| Fray | a brawl, noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing |
| Headstrong | will-full stubborn. |
| Inhabitant | one living permanently in a given place |
| Numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of, to cause to loose feeling |
| Pacify | To make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| Ravenous | greedy; very hungry eager for satisfaction |
| Refute | to prove incorrect |
| Remorse | deep and painful regret for ones past misdeeds |
| Setback | something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpectedness or defeat, a steplike recision the int wall |
| Smug | overly self-satisfied self-righteous |
| Synopsis | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book etc; a summary |
| Tarry | to delay leaving; to linger, stay for a longer period |
| Agenda | the program for a meeting; a list, outline, plan of things to be considered or done |
| Amiable | friendly good-natured |
| Befuddle | to confuse make stupid |
| Blight | a disease that causes plants to wither and decondition or disease that causes to die |
| Boisterous | rough and nosy in a cheerful way; high spirited |
| Clarity | clearness, accuracy |
| Compliant | willing to do what someone else wants; obedient |
| Conserve | to preserve, to keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted to save |
| Debut | a first public appearance formal entrance into society; to make a fist |
| Gory | marked by bloodshed slaughter or violence |
| Gross | overweight; coarse, vulgar noticeable; total an overall total twelve dozen |
| Induce | to cause bring about, to persuade |
| leeway | extra spacer moving along certain route; allowance for mistakes inaccuracies; margin of error |
| Limber | flexible; to cause of become flexible |
| Maze | a network of paths through which it is hard to find ones way out |
| Oracle | someone or something that can predict the future |
| Partisan | a strong supporter of a person, or party, or cause one who's support is unreasoning |
| Reimburse | to pay back; to give payment for |
| Vacate | to go away from, leave empty; to make empty, to void |
| Vegabond | an idle wanderer; a tramp wandering, irresponsible. |
| Impact | the striking of one object onto another |
| Intimidate | to make timid or frighten by threats. to use fear to get someone to do something |
| Liberate | to free from bondage or domination |
| Logical | reasonable; making use of a reason |
| Misrepresent | to give false or untrue idea |
| Sluggish | Lazy slow moving not active dull |
| Subordinate | lower in rank or position, secondary one who is lower in position |
| Tint | a delicate colorer hue a slight trace of something |
| Variable | likely to undergo change changeable, value or quantity that varies |
| Verge | the point at which something begins or happens, a border |
| Abominable | arousing hatred, disgusting detestable |
| Bumbling | blundering and awkward; clumsy |
| Consequence | a result, effect |
| Delude | to fool deceive, to mislead |
| Dole | to give out in small amounts; money food or other neccesities given. |
| Engulf | to swallow up |
| Foil | To defeat to keep from gaining some end |
| Formulate | to express definitely or systematically to devise |
| Initiative | the taking of the first step |
| Momento | something that serves as a reminder |
| Refurbish | to brighten freshen, or polish, to restore |
| Resourceful | able to deal promptly |
| Rigorous | sever harsh strict toughly logical |
| Subsequent | coming after following in time |
| unerring | making no mistakes, faultless |
| Replenish | To fill again, make good, replace |
| Rummage | to search; a collection odd items |
| Skimp | to save thrifty; to be thrifty |
| Sleuth | detective |
| Vandalism | a deliberate and pointless destruct. |
| Abduct | to kidnap carry by force |
| Ambiguous | not clear having two or more possible meanings |
| Balk | to stop short and refuse to go on; to refuse abruptly to prevent from happening |
| Compact | closely and firmly packed together |
| Confer | to consult, talk over, exchange opinions to present a gift. |
| Earmark | to set aside for a special purpose |
| Frigid | extremely cold lacking warmth heat |
| implement | an instrument or tool, to put into effect |
| incalculable | to great to be counted |
| indisputable | beyond question |
| Strapping | Tall, strong and healthy |
| Strident | Harsh, thrill; unpleasant sounding |
| Thrive | to grow vigorously |
| Titanic | enormous in size, strength, power, or scope |
| Valiant | possessing or acting with bravery or boldness |
| Deter | to discourage |
| Disquieting | causing uneasiness |
| Empower | to give power |
| Fluent | speaking or or writing easily |
| Lag | to move slowly or fall behind |
| Mangle | to injure seriously cutting, tearing, crushing |
| misapprehension | a wrong idea |
| optimist | a person who thinks positively |
| Prowl | to roam |
| Stupefy | make stupid |
| Sulky | in a bad or nasty mood gloomy |
| Supplement | something added to complete thing or make up for. |
| Surge | to have a heavy swelling motion |
| Trait | a quality characteristic |
| Unscrumpulous | dishonest |
| Abstain | to stay away from doing something |
| Accomodate | to do a favor or service |
| Allegiance | the loyalty or obligation owed |
| Amalgamate | to unite to combine |
| Append | to attach, add or track |
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