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10 - ELA 2
Vocab Unit 26-27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | to hate very much; to detest utterly |
| alleviate | To make less severe; to relieve; to lessen |
| Allure | To entice with something desirable; to tempt; power of attraction |
| appalling | filling with dismay; causing horror or consternation |
| asunder | in separate parts; apart from each other in position |
| bleak | depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw |
| callow | immature and inexperienced |
| capacious | roomy; able to hold much; commodious |
| commodious | spacious, roomy, capacious |
| countenance | A person’s face, especially the expression |
| Dispel | to drive away |
| Dissolution | the breaking up into parts; termination of a legal bond or contract |
| Divine | to foretell a prophecy; to infer, to guess |
| Domain | A territory over which one rules, has influence or powers |
| Elapse | To pass or go by (said of time) |
| Entomb | To place in or as if in a tomb or grave |
| melancholy | depression of spirits; gloomy; weary |
| paradox | a situation in which something seems both true and false |
| paranoia | a mental illness of unreasonable anxiety, especially believing someone is out to get you, or that you are an important person |
| reminisce | the act or practice of recalling the past |
| somber | depressing, gloomy, dark |