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English II Vocab 1
Vocab for English II part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | v:to despise or loathe |
| alacrity | n: liveliness/willingness |
| animosity | n: feeling of hatred |
| augment | v: to become larger |
| censure | v: to criticize harshly n: a strong feeling of disapproval |
| concur | v: to agree |
| congenial | adj: agreeable/suitable |
| cursory | adj: going rapidly and hastily over something |
| digress | v: to turn away from the main subject |
| elated | adj: very happy or jubilant |
| ephemeral | adj: shortly lasting |
| fallible | adj: likely to fail |
| gratis | adj: free of charge |
| homogeneous | adj: of the same kind/mixing well together |
| infirmity | n: a weakness |
| innocuous | adj: not harmful; insignificant |
| instigate | v: to urge or provoke |
| labyrinth | n: a maze or confusing arrangement |
| mitigate | v: to make less severe |
| ominous | adj: showing evil; threatening |
| omnipotent | adj: having great and/or infinite power; godly |
| peruse | v: to read with detail |
| precursor | n: one who precedes |
| provincial | adj: local |
| renegade | n: one who abandons or betrays adj: likely to betray |
| revere | v: to regard with respect |
| seclude | v: to place in solitude |
| supersede | v: to replace in power |
| transgression | n: a violation |
| viable | adj: capable of living or growing |