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English Honors Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imminent (Adjective) | Ready to take place: happening soon |
| Eloquent (Adjective) | Marked by forceful and fluent expression |
| Impede (Verb) | To interfere with or slow the progress of |
| Implicit (Adjective) | Capable of being understood from something else though not clearly it directly stated (Implied) |
| Indifference (Noun) | The quality, state, or fact of being unintrested |
| Obsolete (Adjective) | No longer in use or no longer useful |
| Oppressive (Adjective) | Unreasonably burdensome or severe |
| Prevalent (Adjective) | Generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored: Widespread |
| Reciprocate (Verb) | To give and take mutually |
| Refute (Verb) | To prove wrong by arguement or evidence: show to be false |
| Speculate (Verb) | To meditate on or ponder a subject: reflect |
| Substantiate (Verb) | To give substance or form to: embody |
| Undermine (Verb) | To make (someone or something) weaker or less effective usually in a secret or gradual way |
| Underscore (Verb) | To make evident: emphasize, stress |
| Unobtrusive (Adjective) | Not blatant, arresting, or aggressive |
| Viable (Adjective) | Capable of living |
| Allude (Verb) | To make indirect reference |
| Analogous (Adjective) | Similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| Anecdote (Noun) | A usually short narrative of an intresting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| Arbitrary (Adjective) | Chosen, decided, (ect.) seemingly at random or on a whim rather than in a reasoned or methodical way (Cruel, unpredictable, and absolute power) |
| Assert (Verb) | To state or declare positively and often forcefully it aggressively |
| Brevity (Noun) | Shortness of conciseness of expression |
| Concede (Verb) | To acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| Corroborate (Verb) | To support or help prove with evidence or authority: make more certain |
| Denounce (Verb) | To pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or bad (Accuse) |