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BRAM Midterm vocab
BRAM Midterm Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appreciable | sufficient to be noticed or measure |
| Autocratic | absolute in power or authority |
| Blanch | to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil |
| Blasphemy | an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred |
| Brawny | strong, muscular |
| Concerted | planned or performed in cooperation with others |
| Contend | to fight, struggle, to compete, to argue |
| Humane | kind, merciful |
| Illustrious | very famous, distinguished |
| Intolerable | unbearable |
| Irreverent | disrespectful |
| Laborious | not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking |
| Lithe | bending easily, limber |
| Maltreat | to abuse, use roughly or crudely |
| Ponder | to consider carefully, reflect on |
| Subversive | intended to undermine or overthrow; one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system |
| Synthetic | make or put together by people; something artificial |
| Temperate | mild, moderate |
| Venemous | poisonous, spiteful, mean |
| Wily | sly, shrewd, cunning |
| Brevity | shortness |
| Comport | to be in agreement on every point; to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way |
| Concise | expressing much in a few words |
| Demure | sober or serious in matter, modest |
| Depreciation | a lessening in value; a belittling |
| Deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; wear away |
| Divulge | to tell, reveal; to make public |
| Enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding |
| Forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| Garble | to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| Proponent | one who puts forward a proposal, one who supports a cause or belief |
| Quaver | to shake, tremble, to trill |
| Recoil | to spring back, shrink; the act of springing back |
| Recoup | to make up for, regain |
| Reek | an unpleasant smell; to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong |
| Relentless | unyielding, harsh, without pity |
| Rivulet | a small stream |
| Squander | to speed foolishly waste |
| Staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| Statute | a law |
| Adept | thoroughly skilled |
| Aspire | to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend |
| Bleak | bare, dreary, dismal |
| Chide | to blame, scold |
| Despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| Diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| Emancipate | to free from slavery, to release or liberate |
| Erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| Exploit | to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; a feat, deed |
| Extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| Impair | to make imperfect, damage, harm |
| Invincible | not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
| Languid | drooping, without energy, sluggish |
| Mire | mud, wet, swampy ground; a tough situation |
| Obtrusive | forward, undesirably prominent, thrust out |
| Preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| Render | to cause, to become, to perform, to deliver officially, to process, extract |
| Rugged | rough, irregular, severe, stern, strong, stormy |
| Skeptical | inclined to doubt, slow to accept something as true |
| Slipshod | untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy |
| Auxiliary | giving assistance or support, a helper, aid |
| Candid | frank, sincere, impartial, unpoised, forthright |
| Cubicle | a small room or compartment |
| Drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |
| Envoy | a representative or messenger (as of a government) |
| Escalate | to elevate; to increase in intensity |
| Expedient | a means to an end; advantageous, useful |
| Feign | to pretend |
| Flair | a natural quality, talent, or skill, a distinctive style |
| Grievous | causing sorrow or pain, serious |
| Heterogeneous | composed of different kinds, diverse |
| Horde | a vast number (as of people); a throng |
| Impel | to force, drive forward |
| Incredulous | disbelieving, skeptical |
| Inscribe | to write or engrave, to enter a name on a list |
| Monologue | a speech by one actor, a long talk by one person, soliloquy |
| Prognosis | a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation |
| Rasping | with a harsh, grating sound; a harsh sound |
| Repugnant | offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
| Scuttle | to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily; a pail |
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