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Vocab english
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Credulity | n)- willingness to believe to trust too readily especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible |
| fusillade | n)-a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms-outpouring or anything |
| talisman | n)-a stone ring or other object engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm |
| scud | v)- to move quickly or hurriedly-as if driven by the wind |
| wont | n)-custom, habit, practice |
| spasmodic | adj)-pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm;intermittent;involuntary |
| leverage | n)-power or ability to act or influence people |
| rubicund | adj)-red or reddish;ruddy |
| antimacassar | n) a covering, usually ornamental, placed on the backs and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or spoiling |
| prosaic | adj)-commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative |
| broach | v)-to mention or suggest for the first time |
| malign | v)-to speak harmful untruths about;speak evil or |
| torrent | n)- a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything |
| bog | v)-to sink in or as if in a bog;stuck |
| shards | n)-pieces of broken pottery;fragments of a brittle substance, as of glass/metal |
| bibulous | adj)-addicted to drinking liquor |
| convoluted | adj)-complicated; involved; intricate |
| deftness | n)- skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| tottering | adj)- swaying or rocking as if about to fall |
| jarred | adj/past tense.-v) jolted suddenly; rattled; made or uttered a harsh sound; out of harmony |
| marred | adj/past tense-v) inflicted damage, especially disfiguring damage |
| flailing | adj)-writhing and thrashing about as if in panic |
| imperceptible | adj)-not perceptible by a sense or by the mind;extremely slight, subtle or gradual |
| dragooning(n/with a helping verb also a verb) | forcing into submission or compliance |
| greenhorn | n)- an inexperienced or naive person; a newcomer not associated with local manners or customs |
| sulty | adj)-hot with passion or anger;exciting or capable of exciting strong sexual desire |
| chastened | adj)-corrected by punishment or suffering:disciplined:purified |
| truculent | adj)- feeling or displaying ferocity;cruel;harsh |
| imperatrix | n)-domineering woman |
| shiftless | adj) lacking in resourcefulness, lazy |
| usurer | n)-a person who charges exorbitant interest on a loan-loan-shark |
| haggled | past tense of verb)-bargained; bartered;quibbled;negotiated |
| slackened | past tense of verb)-loosened, relaxed |
| facilitated | past part. of verb) helped;aided;assisted;made smooth;made easy;made possible |
| mordant | adj) caustic; acerbic; scathing; penetrating; biting-ant. gentle |
| chaff | n) denotation: the casing around a kernel of wheat; connotation- something useless |
| voluptuous | adj) sensuous; juicy; ripe; fulsome |
| reverie | n) daydream, dream, trance |
| caprice | n) whim, impulse, quirk, fancy, fad, notion |
| posterity | n) future generation |
| sagacious | adj)-sage, wise, learned, clever, perceptive, erudite, astute, knowledgeable-ant- foolish |
| brazen | adj) bold, barefaced, brash, audacious- ant. discreet |
| august | adj) imposing, impessive, grand, majestic, eminent- ant. humble |
| ethereal | adj)-otherworldly, ghostly, delicate, waiflike |
| dauntless | adj) bold, intrepid, fearless ant. timid |
| emanating | adj) originating, starting, coming, beginning, stemming, springing, deriving |
| pluck | n) nerve, guts, courage, bravery, solve, backbone. fortitude (ant) cowardice |
| vixen | n) female fox, a quarrelsome, argumentative |
| battalions | n) division, company, brigade, regiment, troop, contingent |
| fasticlious | adj) fussy, finicky, persnickety, hard to please, difficult, particular, demanding (ant)- easy-going |
| diffidently | adv) shyly, self-effacingly, timidly, hesitantly (ant) brashly |
| dogged | adj) determined, persistent, strong-willed, strong-minded, gritty, tenacious |
| deign | v) condescend, stoop, lower yourself, agree, force yourself, demean yourself |
| premonition | n) presentiment, forewarning, feeling, intuition, hunch, omen, sign, portent, suspicion |
| vex | v) causing annoyance, disturb by minor irritation. To irritate or annoy by petty problems |
| dour | adj) relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance |
| resolute | adj) admirably, purposeful, determined and unwavering. Set in purpose or opinion |
| piquancy | n) sharp taste, spiciness, kick, tartness, tang |
| revel | v) to take great pleasure or delight in; to make merry n) usually plural- revels: An occasion of merrymaking, noisy festivities, often involving drink and dancing |
| dissolution | n) closure; disbanding termination; suspension; conclusion (ant) inauguration |
| emaciated | adj) abnormally lean; caused to lose much weight or flesh, as by starvation or disease |
| illusory | adj) deceptive, unreal, illusive, producing, based on, or having the nature of delusion |
| indiscriminately | adj) 1- in such a way as to not be discriminating or not make careful choices or distinctions (2)- in such a way as to be confused, random, promiscuous, or not based on careful selection or discerning taste |
| cleave | v) to adhere, cling; to be faithful to |
| fatuous | adj) complacently stupid or inane; silly, foolish |
| petulant | adj) impatient or irritable, peevish |
| diversion | n) 1- a turning aside, diverting..2-distraction of attention...3-anything that distracts or diverts attention (pastime or amusement) |
| proselytize | v) to preach to; convert from one religion, sect, party, belief etc...to another; to recruit |
| cryptically | adv) 1- in such a way as to have ambiguous meaning; mysteriously..2- in such a way as to be obscure and curt in expression |
| cackle | n/v) 1- to make the shrill broken sounds of a hen (through laughter or chatter) 2- to utter in a cackling manner |
| cunning | adj) sly craft; made or done with skill in ingenuity |
| retort | n/v) 1- a quick, sharp, or witty reply 2- to act or practice of making such a reply 1-to reply in a sharp, quick or witty way 2- to answer in kind, to say in reply or response 3- to turn a statement back upon the person from whom it came |
| penitential | adj) of, constituting or expressing sorrow over having sinned or done wrong |
| endeavor | n/v) an earnest attempt or effort..v) to strive to reach a goal |
| moor | n) 1-tract of open, rolling wasteland, usually covered with heather, and often marshy or peaty; heath 2- tract of land with game preserves |
| Pariah | an outcast; any person generally despised and avoided |
| relish | n) pleasurable appreciation of anything -- to enjoy; to take pleasure in |
| bolt | n) a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate etc. (v) to make a sudden, swift dash, run, flight or escape |
| exhilaration | n) feeling of being enlivened, invigorated, stimulated |
| demurely | adj) in a modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| undulations | n) regular rising and falling movements to alternate sides; movement in waves |
| sublime | adj) elevated or lofty in thought, language etc |
| impervious | adj) incapable of being penetrated; not allowing entrance or passage; incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected |
| pedagogy | n) the function or work of a teacher; teaching |
| uncanny | adj) having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; being beyond what is normal or expected |
| protrude | v) to project, to thrust forward |
| flounder | v) to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements |
| impudence | n) the quality or state of being impertinent; effrontery, insolence |
| atoll | n) a ring shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands |
| caricature | n) a picture, description etc. ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things |
| implore | v) to appeal to in supplication, to beseech--to beg urgently for |
| reprove | v) to voice or convey disapproval--to rebuke or reprimand--to find fault |
| rend | v) to tear or split apart violently--to take away forcefully--to cause pain or distress |
| pusillanimous | adj) lacking courage, cowardly |
| lucrative | adj) producing wealth, profitable |
| rustic | adj) of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people--rough and unrefined |
| poignant | adj) distressing to the mind or feelings--moving or touching--piercing, incisive--agreeably intense or stimulating |
| demur | v) to voice opposition to, esp. on moral grounds |
| condole | v) to express sympathy or sorrow |
| oblivion | n) the condition or quality of being completely forgotten--the act of instance of forgetting |
| cavalcade | n) a ceremonial procession or display--a succession or series |
| prodigious | adj) impressively great in size, force, or extent--extraordinary, marvelous |
| noisome | adj) offensive esp. to the sense of smell, to the point of arousing disgust--harmful or dangerous |
| jocosely | adv) given to joking, merrily, humorously |
| kenning or ken | n) perception, understanding--range of vision;view; sight |
| wanton | adj) hard to control, playfully mean or cruel. 2) causing sexual excitment, lewd, lustful. 3) having no just foundations or provocation. 4) unduly lavish |
| demean | v) to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| magnanimous | adj) showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit, or nobility of feeling and generosity of mind |
| abhorrence | n)a feeling of exterme repugnance of aversion; loathing |
| consternation | n)amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| eminence | n) a position of prominence or superiority. 2) an anatomical protuberance (as on the bone) 3) a natural elevation |
| caper | v and n) a playful leap or bound, 2) a frivolous escapade or prank |
| fervent | adj) very hot, glowing. 2) exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling |
| apathy | n) lack of feeling; emotion or concern |
| empathy | n) the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so thta the object appears to be in fused with it. 2) the action of understanding being aware, being sensitive to |
| conjecture | n)interpretation of omens. 2)a proposition before it has been proved or disaproved |
| obsequiously | adv) marking by or exhibiting a fawning attentivness. |
| latently | adv) present/capable of becoming though not now visible, obvious, or active |
| lackey | n) servant. 2) a servile follower |
| indomitable | adj) incapable of being subdued. 2)unconquerable |
| ensconced | v) to be settled or established |
| enmity | n) positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will; hostility or antipathy |
| gambol | v) to skip about in a play; frisk, frolic |
| tractable | adj) capable or being easily led, taught, or controlling, docile, easily handled, managed, or wrought, malleable |
| machinations | n) scheming or crafty actions or artful designs intended to accomplish some, usually evil, end |
| conciliatory | adj) appeasing; friendly, compatible, agreeable |
| waft | v) to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves |
| taciturn | adj) temperamentally not inclined to talk |
| intimated | past tense v) communicated delicately and indirectly, hinted |
| intimidated | past tense v) made timid or fearful; frightened especially to compel or deter by or as if by threats |
| whelp | v) to give birth to-used of various carnivores and especially of the dog; to bring forth |
| posthumous | adj) following or occuring after death 1) born after the death of a father 2) published after the death of an author |
| retinue | n) a group of retainers or attendant |
| subversive | adj) secretive, not easily detected; tending to overthrow or cause destruction of a legally established government |
| sally | v) set out, depart briskly or energetically (always followed by "forth") |
| incumbent | adj + noun) adj) required; obligatory; holding a specified position, role or office; noun: the person holding the position, role, or office |
| dregs | n) the sediment of liquid, lees; the basest or least desirable portion |
| frugally | adv) in a way that is avoiding, unnecessary expenditure of money; thriftily |
| interment | n) the act or ritual of interring (placing in a grave, burying) |
| pervade | v) to spread throughout, permeate |
| salient | adj) projecting or jutting beyond a line; striking; conspicuous, prominent; noticeable |
| genially | adv) cheerfully; in a friendly, kindly manner, mildly; in a way that gives warmth |
| lily-livered | adj) cowardly; timid |
| groveling | part/gerund) humbling oneself in a servile manner, cringing |
| inveigle | v) to lead astray or win over by deceitful flattery, to obtain by cajolery (coaxing, wheedling) |
| contentious | adj) always ready to argue; quarrelsome; of or marked by contention |
| convalescence | n) gradual recovery after illness; the period of such recovery |
| droll | adj) amusingly off; whimsically comical |
| encroachment | n) the act of intruding gradually on the possessions or rights or another; trespassing |
| rhetorically | adv) in a way that is concerned primarily with style or effect; often used to describe the posing of a question to which the speaker does not expect/ want an oral reply |
| veer | v) to shift from one direction or course to another; turn, avert, deflect |
| irate | adj) arising from anger, enraged, furious |
| sedate | adj) quiet and dignified in behavior; staid, serious, solemn |
| tacit | adj) implied or indicated but not actually expressed |
| insidious | sly, treacherous; seductive;having a gradual and cumlative effect; subtle |
| ramshackle | adj) rickety, tumbledown |
| mire | n) heavy and often deep mud or slush v)to stick or sink in or as if in mud |
| ruthless | adj) having no pity;merciless; cruel |
| castrate | v) to deprive of sex glands, to emasculate, to render important, to deprive of strength or power |
| dole | n) a distribution especially of food, money, or clothing to the needy; a grant of government funds to the unemployed v) to give or distribute as a charity( usually used without) |
| disparage | v) to lower in rank or reputation, degrade, belittle |
| staunch | adj) firm, strong, steadfast, loyal, resolute v) to stop liquid flow; to stop a wound from bleeding |
| alacrity | n) cheerful readiness, briskness |
| besmirch | v) to soil, to make dirty; to bring disgrace on, slander |
| din | n) a loud confused mixture of noises- cacophony, uproar |
| bourgeois | adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of a townsman, the social middle class, or marked by a concern for martial interests and tendency towards mediocrity |
| cherubim | n) second order of angels, or a beautiful usually winged child in painting and sculpture |
| pernicious | adj) highly injurious or destructive, deadly |
| torpid | adj) having lost motion or power of exertion or feeling, sluggish, dormant, numb |
| poacher | n) kills or captures wild animals illegally, one who trespasses or steals |
| perusal | n) close examination or consideration with attention and detail |
| scrutiny | n) a searching study, inquiry, or inspection, examination |
| shirk | v) to evade the performance of an obligation |
| enigma | n) something hard to understand or explain |
| lurid | adj) wan and ghastly pale in appearance, shocking, wildly sensational |
| evanescent | adj) tending to vanish like vapor |
| imminent | adj) ready to take place, hanging threateningly over one's head |
| taper | n/v) a slender candle/to diminish gradually |
| sated | adj) filled with overabundance |
| auspicious | ad) affording or attended by favorable patronage |
| impassively | adj/verb) in a manner susceptible to pain or suffering; apathetically, in a unmoved manner |
| doddering | adj) mentally or physically, infirm with age to shake or tremble, as from old age; totter |
| yoke | n) something that connects or joins together, a bond or tie--a crossbar with two u-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together |
| insolence | n) the trait of being rude and impertinent, inclined to take liberties--an offensive disrespectful impudent act |
| deference | n) submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes or judgment of another--courteous respect |
| malicious | adj) having the nature of or resulting from a desire to harm others; spiteful |
| seduce | v) to lead away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; to lure-- to entice into a desired state or position, to win over; to attract |
| absolve | v) to pronounce clear of guilt or blame--to relieve of a requirement or an obligations |
| lamentation | n) the act of expressing sorrow or regret |
| dirge | n) a slow, mournful musical composition, a funeral hymn or lament--a mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work |
| transgress | v) to go beyond or over(a limit or boundary)--to act in violation of --to spread over land, especially over the land along a subsiding shoreline |
| profane | adj/v) marking by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred--nonreligious in subject matter, form or use--to put to an improper, unworthy or degrading use |
| untrammeled | adj) not limited or restricted; unrestrained |
| entrails | plural noun) internal parts--the internal organs, especially the intestines |
| welter | n/v) a confused mass; a jumble--to wallow, roll, or toss about, as in mud or high seas |
| defile | v/n) to make filthy or dirty--to march in a single file or in files or columns--a narrow gorge or pass that restricts lateral movements |
| citadel | n) a fortress in a commanding position in or near a city--a stronghold or fortified place |
| crevice | n) a narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft |
| knave | n) an unprincipled, craft fellow--a male servant |
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