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Vocab Test 5/5 SG
A study guide for the vocabulary test on May 5th, 2023. (GHH)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Condone | To regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| Pragmatic | Relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| Lament | to mourn aloud, to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively |
| Languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated, to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality |
| Lucid | suffused with light, having full use of one's faculties, or to be clear to the understanding |
| Opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity or hard to understand or explain |
| Pall | to lose strength or effectiveness or to lose in interest or attraction |
| Secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal, not bound by monastic vows or rules, or occurring once in an age or a century |