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HWL Vocab

Review of vocabulary words from Honors World Literature

QuestionAnswer
indirect reference allusion
teasing remarks banter
messy, untidy disheveled
hazy, unclear nebulous
hate rancor
rash, impulsive impetuous
pale wan
impractical idealism quixotic
thriftily frugally
guess conjecture
rest repose
shiny resplendent
all-powerful omnipotent
carefully painstakingly
praise accolade
journey sojourn
driving force impetus
lingering, weakening languishing
depressed morose
impenetrable to light opaque
surround besiege
riddle enigma
fortelling of future events prophecy
to carry wield
to beg, pray implore
to block impede
jealous covetous
gossip hearsay
wanderer vagabond
instinct intuition
wan, sickly pallid
a natural inclination toward affinity
disaster debacle
stubbornness obstinacy
build, repair rectify
likely to happen soon imminent
filthy sordid
begging, imploring beseeching
to have gotten rid of liquidated
excess surfeit
foolish, simple-minded talk prattle
irritably peevishly
letter epistle
a very small amount scruple
noisy, verbose unmuzzled
worthy of praise laudable
to trick, mislead beguile
infamously notoriously
to argue, dispute wrangle
a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall aneurysm
a small, two-wheeled, cart-like passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China rickshaw
a young person with extraordinary talent prodigy
to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., esp. in former Chinese custom kowtow
a game played with tiles mahjong
a narcotic substance opium
to squirm, as in pain writhing
a long journey to a sacred place pilgrimage
a secondary wife concubine
the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage dowry
confused bewildered
wasteful prodigal
painful excrutiating
revenge retribution
inferior subordinate
extravagant frivolous
Created by: mrsloudon
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