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english exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Distend | To bulge or expand |
| Intention | Purpose or Plan |
| Audacious | Bold, Rebelious |
| Intrusion | Act of trespass or intrusion |
| Serrate | Jagged, Saw-toothed edge |
| Innate | Inborn, existing at birth |
| Foremost | Most importantly |
| Immerse | To absorb or deeply involve |
| Nullify | To make of no value or consequence |
| Tangible | Something that you can touch |
| Segregate | Causing people to be separated based on race or gender |
| Allocate | To assign or designate for |
| Irrelevant | Insignificant, unimportant |
| Convert | To change someone's beliefs |
| Staidness | Steady, calm, serious |
| Negligence | Carelessness or require to take normal precautions |
| Subversive | Intended to undermine or overthrow those in power |
| Repreive | The cancellation or postponement of punishment |
| Emaciated | Made extremely thin or weak |
| Execute | To carry out or accomplish |
| Decisive | Final or concluding |
| Din | Loud Noise |
| Laud | To praise |
| Transfix | To captivate or make motionless with awe |
| Consume | To completely destroy or eradicate |
| Berate | To criticize or scold |
| Edict | An official rule or proclamation |
| Disintegration | The process of a whole coming apart in pieces |
| Deduce | To know through reason or logical conclusion |
| Conversely | In a way that contradicts or reverses something |
| Distill | To transform vapor into liquid |
| Demeanor | Attitude or perceived behavior |
| Encroach | To gradually intrude upon or invade |
| Extricate | To release or disentangle from |
| Constrict | To limit or impede growth |
| Comply | To obey an instruction or command |
| Tentative | With caution and without confidence |