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LawrenceVocab
10th grade English
Question | Answer |
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Aural | (adj) pertaining to or perceived through te ear |
Extolled | n) careful management of resources, often agricultural |
Knack | (n) clever way of doing something, skill |
Fitful | adj) intermittent, on and off, not continuous |
Paucity | (n) shortage, scarcity |
Quixotic | (adj) foolishly idealistic, impractical |
Raze | (v) tear down, demolish |
Vacillated | v) to be indecisive, hesitant, to waiver |
Unwitting | (adj) not deliberate, not intended |
Phantasmagoric | (adj) distinguished by a rapid series of images as in a dream |
Ignominy | n) shame or disgrace |
Lurid | (adj) shocking, sensational, gaudy |
Sagacity | (n) the quality of being keenly perceptive or shrewd |
Plaintive | (adj) expressing sorrow or melancholy |
Tumult | (n) noisy commotion or uproar |
Smitten | (v) to be struck as with emotion |
Gesticulation | (v) To make gestures |
Relinquished | (v) given up |
Expiate | (v) to make amends for, or to make up for |
Cordial | (n) a liquor that strengthens or invigorates |
Avail | v) To be of use or help |
Somnambulism | (n) the trait of sleep walking |
Erudite | (adj) learned or scholarly |
Despotic | (adj) acting as a tyrant or absolute ruler |
Asperity | (n) sharpness of temper |
Zeal | (n) enthusiasm |
Vicissitude | (n) Quality of being unpredictably changeable |
Effervescence | (n) the quality of being lively |
Repudiate | (v) to reject, deny, abandon |
Husbandry | (n) careful management of resources, often agricultural |