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Eng Ap unit 10-12
VOCAB WORDS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj) full of or loaded with: accompanied by | fraught with danger |
| (adj) gentle, kind, forgiving, understanding, having a favorable or beneficial effect, not malignant | a(n) benign influence |
| v. to make thin or slender; weaken or lessen in force, intensith, or value | took steps to attenuate the pain |
| v. to find fault in a petty way, carp: n.a trivial objection or criticism | cavil at imperciptible flaws |
| n a weak point, failing, minor flaw | the foible of humanity |
| n. one who feigns kowledge or ability: a pretender, impostor, or quack | expose the charlatan |
| adj. accompanying:occurring concurrently: n. something that accompanies another thing | since disease is the natural concomitant of poverty |
| adv. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval | look askance at the suggestion |
| v. to kill or destroy a large part of | decimate the enemy's forces |
| n. a linking together in a swquence; a chain | the concatenation of events |
| v. to do without; abstain from, give up | forego dessert |
| n. a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion | made a n. shambles of the office |
| adj. having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunith for dabate, or refusal; offensively self-assured, ditatorial; determined, resolute | a n.peremtory tone of voice |
| v. to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure | inure to hardship |
| adj. regretful for one's sins or mistakes;n. one who is sorry for wrongdoing | was sincerely penitent |
| adj. marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons | obsequious courtiers |
| adj. occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order | sporadic gunfire |
| v. to snub; to repel, drive away; n. acurt rejection; a check, setbaack | rebuff their offer of help |
| v. to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection | reconnoiter the terrain |
| v. to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm, to fluctuate or waver | watched the pendulum oscillate |
| adj. emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating | a night luminuor with starlight |
| adj. blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 degrees and 180 degrees; not causing a sharp impression | too obtuse to see the danger |
| v. to make smooth or glossy by rubbing polish n. gloss, brightness, luster | burnish a brass candlestick |
| adj. overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement, boiling, bubbling | in a(n) ebullient mood |
| adj. delightful, highly enjoyable, deliciously flavored, savory, n. an appealing or appetizing food or dish | a truly delectable dish |
| v. repeal, cancel, declare null and void | abrogate a treaty |
| n. roughness, severity, bitterness, or tartness | the asperity of the criticism |
| n. loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away, fragments that result from any destruction | in the detritus of the landslide |
| n. disuse, the state of being discontinued | fallen into desuetude |
| adj. completely surrounding | the ambient air |
| n. a small group working in sevret | the members of the cubal |
| v. to express mild disapproval, to belittle | depreciate such foolish practices |
| adj. drawn from different sources, n. one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources | a(n) eclectic style of architecture |
| v. to set apart, separate for a special purpose, to take possession of and hold in custody | sequester funds pending a court decision |
| adj. dying, on the way out | a(n) moribund custom |
| n. one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead, in general, a magician or wizard | resorted to necromancer and sorcers |
| v. to get rid of something unwanted, delete, to sift through to obtain what is desirable, to remove the chaff from wheat by blowing air on it: to blow on, fan | winnow out inaccuracies |
| adj. limp, not firm, lacking vigor or effectiveness | flaccid muscles |
| adj. common, prevalent, happening often, full, abounding, plentiful, abundant | since rumors were rife |
| adj. inflexible, beyoud influence, relentless, unyielding | a(n)inexorable fate |
| adj. burdensome, oppressive, involving hardship or difficulty | a(n) onerous duty |
| v. to proceed or come forth from some point of origin, issue, originate, to send forth | rays that emanate from the sun |
| adj. having little or no money | in my present impecunious state |
| pl.n. the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first, the earliest stages of anything | the rudiments of chess |
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