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English Vocab Set 1
Vocabulary for English 10 Set 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ablution | the act of rinsing oneself |
| Protrude | extend beyond or above the surface |
| Disposition | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character |
| Confederation | joined by an agreement or treaty |
| Deliberation | long and careful consideration |
| Pestilential | harmful or destructive to crops or lifestyle |
| Copious | abundant in supply |
| Improvident | not having foresight, thoughtless |
| Avarice | extreme greed for wealth |
| Redolence | strongly reminiscent or suggestive of |
| Iniquity | immoral or grossly unfair behavior |
| Sundry | of various kinds, several |
| Jettison | abandon or discard |
| Acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest |
| Appellation | a name or title |
| Consanguinity | relating to people descended of the same apprentice |
| Perfidy | untrustworthy |
| Magnanimous | very generous or forgiving |
| Impious | not showing reverence, esp for a god |
| Insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effects |
| Subjugate | bring under control or domination |
| Despotism | the exercise of absolute power in an often abusive way |
| Salutary | producing food effects, beneficial |
| Unanimity | fully in agreement |
| Posterity | all future generations of people |
| Invective | insulting or highly abusive language |
| Extricate | free from constraint or difficulty |
| Ominous | giving the impression that something bad is going to happen |
| Querulous | complaining in a whiny manner |
| Equivocal | open to more than one interpretation |
| Abhor | to hate something/one |
| Enfranchise | to give voting rights |
| Hamper | to hinder or obstruct |
| Placid | calm, peaceful |
| Remuneration | payment for work done |
| abbrasive | rough, course, harsh |
| Bilk | to cheat or defraud |
| Engender | to cause |
| Nuance | something subtle |
| Cower | to recoil in fear |
| Nullify | to make unimportant |
| Abrogate | to cancel or deny |
| Enigma | puzzle, mystery |
| Plaudit | statement giving strong praise |
| Cryptic | puzzling, enigmatic |
| Laceration | a cut |
| Obdurate | stubborn |
| Ensconce | to establish firmly in a position |
| Reprieve | the postponement of a sentence |
| Tawdry | of little value |
| Enshroud | to cover |
| Lachrymose | tearful, sad |
| Obfuscate | to make difficult to understand |
| Plethora | an excess |
| Tedium | boredom |
| Crepuscular | active at dawn and dusk |
| Pliable | flexible, not stubborn |
| Envenom | to cause bitterness |
| Tenacious | stubborn |
| Bolster | to support |
| Abase | to lower in position, degrade |
| Advent | the coming of a change, event or person |
| Affix | to fasten |
| Belie | to misrepresent |
| Beset | to attack on all sides |
| Bethink | to remind oneself |
| Blazon | to make widely known |
| Cede | to pass title on to |
| Coincide | to correspond |
| Complacent | pleased with oneself |
| Confer | to bestow |
| Connubial | pertaining to marriage |
| Consternation | panic |
| Contusion | a bruis |
| Denude | to strip the covering from |
| Despot | absolute, irresponsible monarch |
| Diffidence | self-destrust |
| Dilate | to enlarge in all directions |
| Endear | to cause to be loved |
| Amorous | having a propensity for falling in love |
| Evanesce | to vanish gradually |
| Forerun | to go before as introducing or ushering in |
| Fulminate | to cause or explode |
| Genteel | well-bred or refined |
| Granule | a small gran or particle |
| Gregarious | not habitually solitary |
| Guile | duplicity |
| Impalpable | imperceptible to touch |
| Induct | to bring in |
| Introgression | entrance |
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