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English II Vocab 1
Vocab for English II part 1
Question | Answer |
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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 |