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Eng. Midterm Voab
English Midterm Vocab
| Word | Defined |
|---|---|
| dilatory | Intended to delay. |
| acrid | Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell |
| deliquesce | To melt away. To disappear as if by melting. |
| immure | To confine within or as if within walls; imprison. |
| quorum | The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, usually a majority, who must be present for valid transaction of business. A select group |
| assay | An analysis or examination |
| venial | Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable: a venial offense |
| desultory | Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
| anomalous | Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule |
| bravura | Brilliant technique or style in performance |
| timorous | Full of apprehensiveness; timid. |
| parsimony | Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess. |
| mitigate | To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate |
| fetid | Having an offensive odor |
| banal | Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite |
| supine | Lying on the back or having the face upward |
| aesthetic | Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| tenebrous | Dark and gloomy. |
| eclectic | Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles |
| ostentation | Pretentious display meant to impress others; boastful showiness. |