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English 3 List 11
Term | Definition |
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pater | father |
phobia | fear |
pond | weight |
pop | people |
punct | point |
put | think |
sangui | blood |
tion | act or state |
ver | true |
vest | clothes |
emulate | to match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation |
resonant | (of sound) deep, clear, and continuing to sound or ring |
entrenched | firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained (of an attitude, habit, or belief) |
camaraderie | mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together |
detelerious | causing harm or damage |
hackneyed | (of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite |
impetuous | acting or done quickly and without thought or care |
jubilation | a feeling of great happiness and triumph |
longevity | long life |
ostentatious | designed to impress or attract notice; overly showy |
incessant | continuing without pause or interruption (of something unpleasant) |
virulent | (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects |
debacle | a great disaster; a complete failure |
truncate | to shorten (e.g. but cutting off a part) |
draconian | excessively harsh and severe (of laws or their application |