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Vocab 8 - Qtr 1 Test

Lessons 1-5 Vocab for Quarter 1 Test Study

TermDefinition
bland plain: unlikely to be noticed
inviting appealing; attractive
thunderstruck stunned; shocked
humdrum lacking excitement; boring
creativity originality; inventiveness
enhance to improve; to increase the quality of something
outright complete; absolute; total
insomnia sleeplessness
conversely in reversed order
grip to hold firmly; to grasp
secondary of lesser importance
succinct concise; short and to the point
capture to catch; grab
mesmerize to make spellbound; to transfix; to hypnotize
captivate to charm; to win someone over
curio object that is rare, interesting, or unusual
uncanny eerie; mysterious
discern to distinguish; to tell the difference
dearth small supply; scarcity; shortage
sundry various; mixed selection
relinquish to give up or give over; to let go
conspicuous attracting attention; obvious
blemish imperfection; flaw
unsightly ugly; frightful
invaluable of great worth; priceless
adjacent next to; beside
paltry of little importance or value; trivial
replica copy; duplicate of an original
devoid lacking; empty
dubious questionable; uncertain
behavior the way one acts or conducts himself; conduct
inclination tendency; a leaning toward a particular thought or action
changeable likely to become different suddenly
veer to change direction suddenly
course direction; route
diverge to move away from a common point; go in different directions
quirk an odd habit or characteristic; whim
stupefy to bewilder; perplex
susceptible likely to give in to an action; having no resistance
unexpected not seen as likely to happen; not foreseen; sudden
unavoidable unable to be prevented; certain
anticipate to foresee and plan for ahead of time; to expect
compel to force or to pressure someone to do something
fulfill to live up to; to bring to reality something that is promised or understood
imply to suggest as fact something that is not actually stated
indelibly in a manner that is impossible to remove or erase; permanently
throng crowd; large, packed number of people; a multitude
bustle to move about in an energetic or noisy manner; to hurry excitedly
jostle to push, elbow, or bump against, usually in a crowd
maneuver to move skillfully in order to attain a goal
maze complicated network of paths; a puzzle
overwhelm to overpower; bewilder
assortment variety; collection of different items
delectable delicious; highly pleasing
produce fresh fruit and vegetables
banal unoriginal; ordinary
exotic unusual; out of the ordinary
papaya elongated, edible tropical fruit that contains many black seeds
colossal extremely large; huge
garland rope or string of items such as flowers, fruit or leaves
deftly in a skillful manner; cleverly
impish mischievous; tricky in a playful way
affable friendly; good natured; easy going around people; sociable
understated expressed or done in a simple way; lessened the importance of
brogue manner of speaking characteristic of the Irish
mien appearance or bearing, especially as expressive of one’s mood or personality
premeditate to think about and plan carefully ahead of time; to consider beforehand
decipher to decode; figure out the meaning
stoke to stir up; to kindle
survey to look as carefully and in an investigative way; examine; evaluate
array certain order or arrangement of items; collection
lavish extravagant; elaborate
kale variety of cabbage
prompt to cause to do something; to motivate
divulge to reveal; to make known
Created by: jasper_britt731
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