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f451 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aesthetic | relating to the appreciation of beauty, art, or particular visual style |
| Anesthetize | to give a person or animal medicine so they cannot feel pain or do not stay awake during a medical procedure. |
| Beatific | displaying, conferring, or marked by complete and utter bliss, supreme calmness, or saintly joy |
| Breach | an act of breaking a law/rule/agrrement |
| Cacophony | a harsh, loud, or unpleasant mixture of jarring sounds. |
| Cadence | means a rhythmic flow or a regular beat in sound or speech |
| Cataract | a clouding of the normally clear lens inside the eye that blocks or scatters light and causes blurry vision. |
| Censor | t to remove or block content considered offensive, harmful, sensitive. |
| Char | to burn or blacken the surface of something slightly. |
| Combustible | capable of catching fire and burning easily. |
| Complement | something that completes, enhances, or brings out the best in another thing. |
| Compliment | a polite remark that expresses praise/admiration |
| Condemn | to express strong disapproval or to officially declare someone guilty |
| Converge | to move toward the same point, come together, or meet. |
| Convoluted | extremely complexand difficult to understand. |
| Discourse | to speak or write about a subject formally |
| Distill | to extract the most important and pure meaning from thoughts, writing, or experiences. |
| Drone | to make a low, continuous humming noise/to speak in a dull, unchanging, and boring tone |
| Fathom | To comprehend, grasp, or figure out something complicated or mysterious. |
| Feign | to pretend to feel/be affected by with the intent to deceive. |
| Filigree | delicate, lacy ornamental work made from fine, twisted threads or gold, silver, or other metals. |
| Gingerly | doing something with great care/caution |
| Gorge | to eat a large amount of food until full. |
| Homely | plain or unattractive in appearance |
| Hone | to sharpen a physical tool or to improve a skill or idea over time. |
| Illuminate | to shine light on something |
| Imperceptible | something is so slight, slow, or small that you cannot see, hear, or notice it. |
| Incessant | continuing without stopping or pausing |
| Incriminate | to make someone seem guilty of a crime or a wrongful act. |
| Insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects. |
| Intuitive | knowing, feeling, or understanding something immediately without needing conscious reasoning/logic |
| Invigorate | to give new energy, strength, or life to a person, place, or process. |
| Jowl | the loose or sagging skin and flesh that hangs down along the lower jaw and cheeks. |
| Juggernaut | a massive, powerful, and unstoppable force |
| Linguist | someone who either studies the human language or speaks multiple foreign languages. |
| Lubricate | to apply a substance like oil, grease, or lotion to a surface to make it smooth and reduce friction. |
| Mausoleum | aabove-ground building as a monument that encloses a burial space |
| Mediocre | only average or ordinary quality |
| Minstrel | a medieval traveling entertainer who sang songs, played instruments, and recited poems |
| Nectar | sweet liquid produced by flowers that attracts pollinators |
| Olfactory | relating to the sense of smell |
| Oracle | a person or shrine that gives wise, prophetic, or divine advice. |
| Penance | an act done to show regret for a wrongdoing or to make up for a past mistake. |
| Perfunctory | an action done quickly without real care |
| Perpetual | something that continues forever |
| Phosphorescent | glowing in the dark with a soft light |
| Plummet | to fall, drop, or go down very quickly and suddenly. |
| Proboscis | a long, flexible snout, trunk, or tube-shaped mouth part found on an animal |
| Proclivity | a natural tendency, inclination for something. |
| Profusion | a very large quantity of something. |
| Ravenous | extremely hungry or eager for satisfaction. |
| Refract | to bend as it passes from one material into another. (light) |
| Ricochet | when an object hits a surface at an angle and bounces off in a new direction. |
| Saccharine | excessively or sickeningly sweet, overly sentimental, or fake and insincere. |
| Scripture | the sacred or holy writings of a religion. |
| Scythe | long-handled sharp, curved blade used for cutting grass or grain. |
| Submission | the act of giving a document to an authority for approval, or the act of yielding to someone else's control. |
| Skepticism | an attitude of doubt or a questioning |
| Suffuse | to gradually spread through or over something |
| Teeming | completely full, crowded, or swarming with people, animals, or activity. |
| Torrent | a fast, violent stream of water |
| Trajectory | the curved or straight path that a moving object, such as a rocket, bullet, or planet, follows through space or the air. |
| Treason | the crime of betraying one's country by trying to overthrow its government or by helping its enemies |
| Thoroughfare | a public road, street, or highway that connects one place to another. |
| Valise | a small travel bag or suitcase. |
| Venomous | means able to inject venom by biting or stinging, or full of malice and bitter anger. |
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