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ENG Week 6/13 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| affable | characterized by ease and friendliness |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient |
| convivial | relating to or fond of feasting and good company |
| disputation | verbal controversy |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| hypochondriac | one who faces extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments |
| hypocritical | characterized by an appearance of false character or beliefs |
| imminent | ready to take place |
| jibe | -to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to another -to be in accord |
| jingoistic | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by belligerent foreign policy |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly |
| momentous | important, consequential |
| monotonous | tediously uniform or unvarying |
| perpetuity | the quality or state of continuing forever or occurring continually |
| pertinacity | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| ramifications | consequence, outgrowth |