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vocab final
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conform | to follow rules or fit in |
| obsolete | no longer in use |
| ambiguity | something that is unclear due to one possible meaning |
| meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| resilient | able to recover quickly from problems or injuries |
| adept | very skilled or good at something |
| benevolent | kind and generous with a desire to do something good |
| commence | to begin or start |
| exacerbate | to make a problem or situation worse |
| disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
| ruinous | causing great harm or damage |
| vital | very important or necessary |
| incomprehensible | impossible to understand or make sense of |
| perpetual | continuing forever or indefinitely |
| senseless | not showing good judgement and lacking common sense |
| penance | voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing |
| juggernaut | a massive force that seems to crush everything in its way |
| wedding veil | a garment that covers the head and face |
| veil | to cover hide or obscure |
| peculiar | strange or unusual |
| condemn | to say something or someone is very bad or wrong |
| terse | brief and to the point sometimes so short it sounds rude |
| proliferate | to grow spread or increase very quickly |
| jeer | to shout or laugh at someone in a mean or mocking way |
| unbridled | uncontrolled lacking constraint |
| irate | very angry |
| efface | to erase or wipe out to make something disappear |
| relinquish | to give up or let go of something |
| nuance | a subtle difference in or shade of meaning expression or sound |
| comely | pleasant to look at |
| semblance | the outward appearance or apparent form of something especially when the reality is different |
| intermittent | stopping and starting at irregular intervals |
| phantom | something that seems like a ghost or unreal figure |
| illumination | light or the act of lighting something up |
| manifest | to show clearly or make obvious |
| entranced | so interested or amazed that you can't look away |
| specimen | a single example that represents a larger group |
| accusation | a claim that someone has done something wrong |
| regressive | moving backward returning to an earlier or less advanced way |
| tendencies | usual ways of acting |
| antiseptic | extremely almost harshly so free from germs |
| illusive | misleading deceptive based on r producing an illusion |
| futile | pointless useless ineffective not successful |
| petulantly | in a childish bad-tempered way |
| poignant | distressing to the feelings affecting or, moving the emotions |
| profusely | in large amounts abundantly |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight indulge in festivities |
| gesture | a movement or position of the hand arm body head or face that is expressive of an idea opinion or emotion |
| stifle | to crush or end by force |
| bewilderment | puzzled or confused state of mind |
| degradation | the act of reducing to a lower rank amount strength or intensity |
| concussion | a violent blow especially to the head that often injures the brain or causes a loss of consciousness |
| frail | physically weak or easily broken/damaged |
| tumultusouly | in chaotic noisy or excited manner |
| solemn | dignified and somber in manner or character |
| slacken | to loosen the tension on or tightness of something |
| savagely | something that happens with brutal force or a cruel intention |
| surged | increase suddenly and powerfully |
| immense | very large in size amount or degree |
| repercussion | something that happens because of another action |
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