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English 2 09-10

English 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary WordDefinition
Disdain a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
Flaunt to display ostentatiously or impudently,to treat contemptuously
Guile deceitful, cunning, duplicity, obsolete, stratagem, trick
Hiatus a break in or as if in a material object, a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ, an interruption in time or continuity, a period when something is suspended or interrupted
Implement carry out, accomplish, to give practical effect to and ensure of actual fulfillment by concrete measures, to provide instruments or means of expression for
Judicious having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
Obscure dark, dim, shrouded in or hidden by darkness not clearly seen or easily distinguished,faint, not readily understood or clearly expressed, mysterious, relatively unknown, secluded, not prominent or famous
Accrue to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim, to come about as a natural growth, increase, or advantage, to come as a direct result of some state or action, to accumulate or be added periodically
Crescendo a crescendo musical passage, a gradual increase, a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage, the peak of a gradual increase
Impetuous marked by impulsive vehemence or passion, marked by force and violence of movement or action
Prowess distinguished bravery, military valor and skill, extraordinary ability
Timorous of a timid disposition, fearful, expressing or suggesting timidity
Calamity a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss, a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
Harbinger archaic, a person sent ahead to provide lodgings, one that pioneers in or initiates a major change, precursor, one that presages or foreshadows what is to come
Premeditated characterized by fully conscious willful intent and a measure of forethought and planning, transitive verb:to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand, intransitive verb: to think, consider, or deliberate beforehand
Uncanny seeming to have a supernatural character or origin, eerie, mysterious, being beyond what is normal or expected, suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers, severe, punishing
Wrath strong vengeful anger or indignation, retributory punishment for an offense or a crime
Disarray a lack of order or sequence, confusion, disorder, disorderly dress, dishabille
Envision to picture to oneself
Listless characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
Motley
Vindictive
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