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Currents Ch. 1 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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AGHAST (ADJ) | SUDDENLY HORRIFIED OR FRIGHTENED; STUNNED |
DEFIANCE (NOUN) | OPPOSITION TO A CONTRASTING FORCE, PERSON OR AUTHORITY; RESISTANCE |
DUPLICITY (NOUN) | DELIBERATE DISHONESTY; DECEPTIVENESS |
ELOQUENCE (NOUN) | SKILL IN SPEAKING; FLUENCY |
GRIMACE (NOUN) | A CONTORTED FACIAL EXPRESSION SHOWING DISAPPROVAL OR PAIN; A SCOWL |
LOOM (VERB) | TO SEEM ABOUT TO HAPPEN, USUALLY RELATED TO A BAD SITUATION; TO IMPEND OR TO COME INTO VIEW |
NOTION (NOUN) | AN IMPULSIVE IDEA; A WHIM |
PRECARIOUS (ADJ) | SUBJECT TO SUDDEN CHANCE; UNCERTAIN |
RAUCOUS (ADJ) | LOUD AND DISORDERLY; BOISTEROUS |
SOLEMN (ADJ) | DEEPLY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT; FORMAL |