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English Vocab TKAMB
Vocab of TKAM for semester exams
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aberrations | the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. |
| Acrimonious | caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior |
| Articulate | to utter clearly and distinctly |
| Ascertaining | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine |
| Assuaged | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease favorable: |
| Austere | severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: |
| Benign | having a kindly disposition |
| Benevolence | desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness |
| Commence | Start, begin |
| Condescended | To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner |
| Connivance | act of CONNIVING; especially: knowledge of and active or passive consent to wrongdoing |
| Contentious | causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy |
| Denunciation | an act or instance of denouncing |
| Dispensation | something that is distributed or given out |
| Elucidate | to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain |
| Elusive | eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define |
| Entailment | to restrict property by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class |
| Erratic | deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion |
| Exodus | a mass departure |
| Expounding | To explain in detail |
| Expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| Furor | a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy |
| Guilelessness | free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank. |
| Illicitly | not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful |
| Indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native |
| Malevolent | wishing evil or harm to another or others |
| Malignant | actively evil in nature |
| Prerogative | an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like |
| Repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| Scrutiny | a searching study, inquiry, or inspection |
| Sojourn | to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily |
| Sordid | marked by baseness or grossness; dirty, filthy |
| Succinct | expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
| Taciturn | inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation |
| Temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition :RASHNESS, RECKLESSNESS |
| Tirade | a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation |
| Uncouth | awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly |
| Undulate | to move with a wavelike motion; |
| Vapid | lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor |
| Vehemently | marked by forceful energy; powerful; intensely emotional |
| Venerable | commanding respect because of age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character |
| Volition | an act of making a choice or decision |
| Wallowing | to roll one oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner; to devote oneself entirely; |
| Aloof | at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart |
| Auspicious | promising success; opportune; |
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