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English 9H Midterm

QuestionAnswer
Efface to wipe out
Relinquish to let go or give up
Spurious false or fake
Subjugate to conquer by force
Terse brief and to the point
Usurp to seize illegally
Abscond to run off and hide
Pompous overly self important in speech and manner
Revile to attack with words
Inanimate lifeless or motionless
Auspicious favorable or fortunate
Precipice a very steep cliff
Reprimand to scold
Morose having a gloomy or sullen manner
Opaque not letting light through
Latent hidden or inactive
Sardonic bitterly sarcastic
Tenacious persistent
Malign to speak evil of
Assimilate to absorb fully or make ones own
Pugnacious fond of fighting
Remunerate to reward or reimburse
Assurance a promise or self confidence
Grievous sorrowful or painful
Drudgery work that is hard and tiresome
Incredulous disbelieving or skeptical
Author of the Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe
Author of the Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell
Author of the Interlopers Saki
Author of the Scarlet Ibis James Hurst
Author of Checkouts Cynthia Rylant
Author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber
Authors of Inherit the Wind Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Author of Lord of the Flies William Golding
Author of the House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
Created by: skanman1996
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