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English vocab #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analogous | Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared. |
| Brigand | A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains. |
| Emissary | A person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative. |
| Felicity | Intense happiness. |
| Incendiary | (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires; tending to stir up conflict; very exciting. |
| Magnanimous | Very generous or forgiving especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself. |
| Plight | A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation. |
| Repartee | Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies. |
| Ubiquitous | Present, appearing, or found everywhere. |
| Venerable | Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character. |
| Countenance | 1. A person's face or facial expression; 2. support. |
| Deposition | The action of depositing something. |
| Discursive | Digressing from subject to subject. |
| Disdain | Extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody. |
| Epigram | A concise, witty, and often paradoxical remark or saying. |
| Feign | To give a false appearance to, to represent falsely; pretend to. |
| Laconic | Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise. |
| Mien | Air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling. |
| Veracity | Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness. |
| Wry | Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony; misdirected; abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked. |
| Confound | To perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse; to contradict or refute. |
| Curate | (Noun) A member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar; any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest. (Verb) To act as curator of; organize and oversee. |
| Ethereal | Light, airy, or tenuous; Of or pertaining to the upper regions of space. |
| Gambol | To leap about playfully; frolic. |
| Mutability | Liable or subject to change or alteration, fickle, constantly changing. |
| Nascent | Beginning to exist or develop. |
| Nonplused | (verb) To render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely. (noun) A state of utter perplexity. |
| Pedantic | Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. |
| Quail | To lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear. |
| Rhetorical | Used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect. |
| Fatuous | Foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent Manner; silly; unreal; illusory. |
| Febrile | Pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish. |
| Furtive | Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret. |
| Incredulous | Not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. |
| Interminable | Incapable of being terminated; unending; monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant; having no limits. |
| Obliquely | Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined; devious, misleading, or dishonest. |
| Pernicious | Causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful; deadly; fatal. |
| Sardonic | Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering. |
| Ultimatum | A final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force. |
| Writhe | To twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc; to shrink mentally, as in a cute discomfort. |
| Astute | Of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious; clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd. |
| Beseech | To implore urgently; to beg eagerly for; solicit. |
| Capitulate | To surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. |
| Deprecating | To express earnest disapproval of; to urge reasons against; protests against ( a scheme, purpose ); to depreciate; belittle. |
| Glean | To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit; to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly. |
| Obfuscate | To make something obscure or unclear, especially by making it unnecessarily complicated; to make something dark or hard to see. |
| Pathos | The quality in something that makes people feel pity or sadness; feeling of pity, especially when they are expressed in some way. |
| Primeval | At or from ancient, original stages in the development of something; primitive, or arising form instinct rather than thought. |
| Salubrious | Beneficial to or promoting health or well-being. |
| Solicitous | Expressing an attitude of concern and consideration; full of eagerness and anticipation to do something, paying very careful attention to details. |
| Albeit | Used to add information that is different to what you have already said. |
| Bereft | Deprived of somebody or something loved or valued; lacking in something desirable or necessary; filled with a sense of loss. |
| Gratis | Received or given without cost or payment. |
| Intercession | The action of pleading on somebody's behalf; the action of attempting to settle a dispute; prayer to God, a god, or saint on behalf of somebody or something. |
| Lineaments | A feature or contour of a face; a characteristic feature, especially of something immaterial. |
| Presage | A sigh or warning of a future event; a feeling that a particular thing, often something unpleasant is about to happen; significance with regard to future events. |
| Prodigal | Spendthrift or extravagant to a degree bordering on recklessness; giving or producing something in large amounts. |
| Prolixity | Tiresome wordiness. |
| Sinecure | A job or position that provides a regular income but requires little or no work; a church office whose holder is paid but is not required to do pastoral work. |
| Visage | Somebody's face or facial expression; the appearance of look of something. |
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