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Vocab schmocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abject | Experiencing something bad to the maximum degree, like period cramps. |
| Adroitly | In a clever or skillful way |
| Alacrity | Brisk, cheerfully readiness, eagerness |
| Appellation | A name or title |
| Audacity | The gall to do something shocking or unacceptable, willingness to take a risk |
| Avarice | Extreme greed for wealth, corruption - opposite of generousity |
| Belied | To give a different impression than to what is real or to cover the truth. |
| Chide | To scold or rebuke |
| Churlish | Rude or mean-spirited in an unfriendly way. |
| Consternation | Feelings of anxiety or dismay at something unexpected, like fright or shock |
| Copious | Abundant |
| Destitute | Without the basic necessities of life, poor |
| Diabolical | Of relating to the devil or devil-like |
| Dilatory | Slow to act |
| Discern | To perceive or recognize something |
| Discomfited | To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed |
| Dissipation | A bad way of living OR a waste of money and resources |
| Dispel | To make a feeling disappear |
| Dissented | To hold opinions contrasting to others, to disagree. |
| Doleful | Sorrowful, mournful |
| Emulated | Simulated, mimicked |
| Enigmatic | Difficult to understand or to interperet |
| Equanimity | Mental calmness, zen, particularly during a bad situation |
| Expedient | Achieving something conveniently by any means, even if it means doing something inappropriate |
| Filial | Of or due from a son or daughter |
| Guffaw | A big, hearty laugh |
| Impalpable | Unable to be touched |
| Importune | To harass and annoy someone to do something (ex. Rachel) |
| Impudent | Not showing respect to another, arrogant, insolent |
| Interdict | An authoritative prohibition |
| Interloper | Someone who crashes in situations where they shouldn't |
| Laconic | Using very few words |
| Languid | Lazy, relaxed, unwilling to move |
| Malignant | Evil and malevolent |
| Misanthropist | Someone who hates humankind |
| Miscreants | Criminals who break the law |
| Moroseness | Gloomy, bad-tempered |
| Odious | Something extremely unpleasant |
| Obdurate | Refusal to change one's mind or actions |
| Obscure | Something that is unknown by many OR concealing something |
| Obtrusive | Prominent in an intrusive way |
| Paragon | A person who is the prime example of something |
| Pathos | A quality evoking pity and sadness |
| Peevish | Someone who is easily irritated, even by little things |
| Reproof | Blame or disapproval |
| Reprobate | An unprincipled person (like Heathcliff or Hareton) |
| Reproached | To address with disapproval or disappointment |
| Retaliate | To defend oneself |
| Rue | Bitter regret |
| Sagacity | The quality of having good judgement/shrewdness. |
| Sanguine | Optimistic and positive, even in a bad situation (ex. nobody in Wuthering Heights) |
| Scintillating | Sparkling or shining brightly |
| Sotto voce | In a very quiet voice |
| Stagnate | To become stagnant, to become still |
| Soliloquized | To speak thoughts aloud, to speak a soliloquy |
| Sundry | Various kinds/several |
| Surly | Bad tempered and unfriendly |
| Taciturn | A person who is reserved and says little, laconic |
| Tenure | Conditions under land/buildings are held |
| Undulating | Motion in waves |
| Usurp | To take a position of power by force |
| Vanquish | To defeat |
| Vapid | Offering nothing that is stimulating or useful, bland and unoriginal |
| Vehemence | Strong feeling and passion |
| Vindictive | Having a strong desire for revenge, eg. Heathcliff |
| Virulence | The harmfulness of a disease/poison |
| Vociferate | To shout, argue, complain loudly |
| Waxed | To polish or treat with wax |
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