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English Exams
vocabulary for 1st exams
Term | Definition |
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commandeer | to seize for military or official use |
dissolute | loose in one’s morals or behavior |
incorrigible | not able to be corrected; beyond control |
hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, swindle |
intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
unbridled | lacking in restraint |
superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
opinionated | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind |
dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
surmount | to overcome, rise above |
fabricate | to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
slapdash | careless and hasty |
tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing |
morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly |
condone | to pardon or overlook |
pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
illegible | difficult or impossible to read |
reliquish | to let go, give up |