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Eng 9 Vocab 1
The Necklace and Where Have You Gone Charming Billy Vocab
Terms | Definitions |
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adulation | exaggerated flattery or praise |
aghast | struck with fear, dread, or consternation |
askew | turned or twisted to one side |
exorbitant | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
gamut | a complete extent or range |
pauper | a person who is very poor |
privation | the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights |
prospect | the possibility of future success |
ruiness | extremely harmful; bringing catastrophe |
vexation | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
casual | without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand |
conical | relating to or resembling a cone |
consolation | the act of giving relief in affliction |
diffuse | spread out; not concentrated in one place |
elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior, or style |
execute | put in effect |
inertia | the tendency of something to stay in rest or motion |
primitive | characteristic of an earlier ancestral type |
silhouette | a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object |
transparent | transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity |