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English ll Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Laden | Weighed down |
| Vigilance | Aleartness |
| Disconsolate | Beaten down and unable to make happy |
| Inevitable | Going to happen no matter what |
| Disarray | Disorder, unorderly |
| Vehemently | To do something passionately or to be all in on something; intensely |
| Dilapidated | In bad condition because it has been ignored |
| Instill | To teach to give values to |
| Vanquish | To conquer or defeat |
| Redemption | To be a better person despite past negative events |
| Repatriation | Returning to your own country |
| Subsequent | Something that comes after something else |
| Commence | To happen all of the sudden |
| Countenance | Facial expression or appearance of the face |
| Profusely | A lot |
| Naive | Not knowing a lot of things |
| Exploit | Take advantage of |
| Auspices | People who support someone as a boss would without being their actual boss. They may provide guidance or supplies |
| Apprehension | Hesitance |
| Resilience | Strong; able to withstand |
| Indomitable | Someone with a lot of strength, mentally or physically |
| Callous | Cold and insensitive |
| Malleable | Able to be shaped or pounded into a sheet |
| Qualm | A disagreement |
| Lurid | Something that grabs your attention via shock value |
| Recurring | Something that occurs over and over again |
| Motif | A repeated theme or idea that pertains to a specific work or person |
| Dispossess | To take someone away from something, usually land or property |
| Repressive | Something preventing someone from doing or saying what they want |
| Impressionable | To ‘leave a mark’ or ‘imprint’ onto someone |
| Patronizing | To talk down |
| Definitive | An answer or decision that won’t be changed |
| Malign | To speak negatively about someone/something |
| Abject | Very very miserable and humiliated. As bad as imaginable |
| Veracity | Truthful |
| Substantiate | To strengthen or make solid |
| Plausible | The likeliness that something will happen |
| Assert | To state something as if it is certain |
| Subvert | To turn expectations away from what is really happening |
| Paradigm | The way you think about something/thought patterns |
| Indignation | To be angry at something that isn’t fair |
| Ineffectual | Not doing what is intended/they’re supposed to |
| Discern | To recognize or pick out things from other things |
| Proximity | How close things are to each other |
| Encumber | Something heavy that holds you back, physically or mentally |
| Fabricate | To craft (typically a story) |
| Mitigate | To diffuse a situation or lesson the effect of something bad |
| Facilitate | To help or make easier |
| Conducive | To cause or attend to |
| Expedient | A way to achieve something in a possibly morally incorrect way |
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nellwbehrmann
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