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english vocab words
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conniving | sneaky,planned conspiring to illegal or harmful stuff |
| indigenous | native to a area |
| disheartened | sad or down |
| quiver | to shiver |
| salvage | to save |
| brusque | brief ,rude |
| retribution | punishment for revenge and criminal act |
| shroud | cloth for burial/dead people |
| barrage | gun/army base over a wide area |
| redundant | repetitive/repeated |
| empathy | being able to be in their shoes and feel their pain cause you have experienced it |
| gaunt | skinny ugly from age sickness or suffering/hunger |
| cower | to crouch in fear |
| pummel | to strike a lot of times with fists |
| sweltering | too hot unbearable |
| tranquil | peaceful |
| manacle | chains for fastening hands or ankles |
| redemption | being saved from evil |
| invigorate | to give strength to |
| militant | violence because of political views |
| Tenacious | determined |
| contr/ant(i) | against |
| dis | away from opposite |
| un,im,in,il,ir | NOT |
| mob/mot | to move |
| port | to carry |
| cred | to believe |
| cept | to receive |
| cent | 100 |
| dec | 10 |
| uni/mono | 1 |
| inter | between,within |
| bio | life |
| auto | self |
| domain | to lead |
| ob | away from/against |
| audacity | boldness |
| reconcile | to make up |
| epiphany | a self discovery |
| archaic | old and outdated |
| frugal | cheap wise with money |
| ostentatious | loud and calling attention to |
| nemesis | arch enemy |
| insolent | very bad/naughty |
| pious | holy,good,spiritual |
| futile | useless |