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vocab 9-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elude (v) | to escape notice; to get away from syn: avoid, evade, lose |
| embroil (v) | to draw into a conflict or fight syn: entangle |
| emissary (n) | one sent on a special mission to represent others syn: envoy, ambassador |
| emit (v) | to send out; to give forth, as in sound syn: discharge, issue, utter |
| enmity (n) | deep-seated hostility, often mutual syn: hatred, antagonism |
| ensue (v) | to result from syn: to follow |
| entice (v) | to attract by offering reward or pleasure syn: tempt, lure |
| entity (n) | an independent being; a real and independent existence syn: organization, institution |
| envisage (v) | to form a mental picture syn: to imagine, visualize |
| epigram (n) | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation syn: statement |
| epitaph (n) | inscription on a tombstone syn: elegy, commemoration |
| equivocal (adj) | ambiguous: purposely vague syn: uncertain, questionable |
| eradicate (v) | to wipe out; destroy syn: erase, eliminate |
| fabricate (v) | to make, to build; to make up a story in order to deceive syn: to erect; to invent |
| facade (n) | deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building syn: front, exterior, frontage |
| fallible (adj) | capable of error syn: error-prone, errant, erring |
| fallow (adj) | inactive; unproductive syn: untrained |
| farcical (adj) | absurd; ridiculously clumsy syn: ludicrous, funny |
| fatalistic (adj) | believing that all things in life are inevitable, determined by fate syn: bleak, depressed, despondent |
| fawn (v) | to act slavishly submissive syn: kowtow, grovel |
| fealty (n) | loyalty; faithfulness syn: devotion, fidelity, allegiance |
| feign (v) | to pretend syn: simulate, fake |
| feisty (adj) | aggressive; lively, energetic syn: quarrelsome, exuberant, spunky |
| felicity (n) | happiness syn: joy, bliss, euphoria |
| felonious (adj) | of, like, or constituting a felony (major crime) syn: corrupt, evil, illegal |
| fester (v) | to rot; to form pus; to grow embittered syn: rankle |
| fiat (n) | an official order syn: decree, authorization |
| fidelity (n) | faithfulness syn: loyalty |
| filch (v) | to steal syn: pilfer, snitch |
| filial (adj) | due from a son or daughter syn: dutiful |
| flagrant (adj) | glaringly bad; outrageous syn: offensive |
| fluent (adj) | able to speak and/or write easily, clearly syn: flowing |
| flux (n) | state of continual change or movement syn: flow |
| foible (n) | a minor weakness in character syn: weakness, fault |
| fracas (n) | a loud quarrel syn: brawl |
| frivolous (adj) | trivial; silly syn: paltry; giddy |
| futile (adj) | useless syn: ineffectual, fruitless |
| gaff (n) | a large hook syn: hook |
| gait (n) | manner of walking syn: walk, bearing |
| gambit (n) | an opening maneuver or action one uses to gain advantage syn: strategy |
| gape (v) | to stare with an open mouth syn: open, split |
| garble (v) | to distort syn: confuse |
| genealogy (n) | family history syn: lineage |
| genesis (n) | beginning; origin syn: origin, creation |
| ghastly (adj) | horrible; frightful syn: dreadful, hideous |
| gird (v) | to encircle with a belt or band; to dress; to equip syn: enclose, surround |
| gist (n) | main point syn: essence |
| glean (v) | to collect bit by bit; to gather (grain) syn: collect gradually, harvest |
| glutinous (adj) | gluey, sticky syn: sticky, tacky |
| gorge (v) | to eat or swallow greedily syn: ravine, gully |
| Gothic (adj) | medieval; type of fiction that uses remote, gloomy settings syn: eerie, grotesque, barbaric |
| granary (n) | a storehouse for grain syn: repository, storehouse, barn |
| gratify (v) | to please syn: satisfy, indulge |
| guile (n) | slyness and cunning in dealing with others syn: cunning, craftiness |
| gull (v) | to cheat syn: trick |
| gyrate (v) | to rotate syn: revolve, whirl |
| harp (v) | to persist in talking continuously (on or about something) syn: go on about, dwell on |
| haughty (adj) | arrogant, proud syn: arrogant |
| havoc (n) | great destruction syn: devastation, destruction |
| hilarity (n) | gaiety, joy syn: mirth |
| holocaust (n) | a great or complete destruction of life (usually by fire) syn: cataclysm, disaster |
| homily (n) | a sermon syn: tedious lecture |
| hone (v) | to sharpen syn: sharpen |
| hovel (n) | a dirty, wretched living place syn: cottage, hut, lean-to, shack, shanty, burrow |
| humane (adj) | kind, compassionate syn: tender, merciful, considerate |
| imbibe (v) | to drink (esp. alcoholic liquor) syn: drink, consume |
| imbue (v) | to fill completely syn: saturate, pervade |
| immaculate (adj) | spotless syn: clean, pure |
| impede (v) | to hinder, obstruct syn: delay, retard |
| impel (v) | push into motion syn: urge, force, propel, drive |
| impermeable (adj) | not permitting passage (esp. of fluids) syn: impenetrable |
| impertinent (adj) | rude and disrespectful syn: impudent, insolent |
| imperturbable (adj) | not easily excited, even under pressure syn: cool, steady, clam |
| impervious (adj) | not capable of being affected by syn: resistant, unbothered |
| impetuous (adj) | acting suddenly without thought syn: impulsive |
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