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english vocabulary10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perjury | false testimony under oath |
| baleful | destructive, deadly |
| hone | to sharpen, to make more intense |
| disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone derogatorily |
| prate | to talk idly or foolishly at great length |
| haughty | excessively arrogant and vain |
| boisterous | rowdy, rough, and stormy |
| virtuous | having excellent morals, righteous |
| piety | devotion and reverence to God |
| rancor | bitter, deap-seated, ill will |
| feign | a flase appearance |
| augment | to make greater or supplement |
| tranquil | peaceful, calm |
| brazen | shameless, insolent |
| quench | to extinguish, to put out |
| profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
| portent | a sign or warning |
| wanton | immoral, lewd |
| pernicious | vicious |
| dissemble | lie |
| posterity | peace and safety of future generations |
| entreat | beg repeatedly, plead |
| enmity | hostility |
| ambiguous | having moer than one meaning; unclear, uncertain |
| ascend | to move upward, to rise from a lower station |
| beguile | to decieve, to mislead, to persuade with charm |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| dirge | funeral hymn, lament |
| engrossed | completely occupied or absorbed |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| inundate | to flood, to overflow |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| portent | a sign or forewarning |
| presage | something that foreshadows a future event |
| prostration | a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome |
| savory | appetizing |
| supple | easily bent, elastic, pliable |
| vexation | discomfort or distress |
| allusion | a reference to something in literature or history |
| anaphora | repetition of an opening word or phrase in a series of lines |
| caesura | a speech pause occurring within a line |
| continous form | the form of a poem in which the lines follow each other without formal grouping, the only breaks beign dictated by units of meaning |
| dictum | an authoritative statement, a decree |
| auspicious | favorable |
| terrestrial | of the earth, pertaining to the earth |
| malevolence | ill will or evil intentions |
| gilded | covered with gold |
| indigenous | native to a certain area |
| domicile | home or residence |
| stately | dignified majestic |
| predilection | preference |
| gravity | seriousness, importance |
| dimunitive | tiny, small |
| quaint | unusual in character or appearance |
| palette | board on which a painter mixes paints |
| ponderous | heavy, unwieldy |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits |
| caricature | a protrayal where features are distorted |
| benevolence | charity, kindness, generosity |
| taciturn | quiet |
| assuage | distract, persuade |
| fractious | unruly |
| disapprobation | disapproval |
| tentative | not fully worked out, provisional |
| melancholy | depression of spirits |
| circumspect | cautious, prudent |
| guileless | without deceit |
| gambol | to playfully skip or leap |
| articulate | expressing oneself clearly |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| protrusion | something sticking out |
| palliate | to ease pain, guilt, or intensity |
| edification | instruction; omral and spiritual involvement |
| formidable | causing fear or awe |
| innate | existing from birth |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| propensity | preference, natural inclination |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| propel | to drive or push forward |
| harbor | give shelter or refuge |
Created by:
jfull
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