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Eng 10 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beseech | Ask or plead for |
| Hinder | Obstruct or prevent |
| Impart | make known or disclose |
| Feeble | Weak |
| Seldom | Rarely or infrequently |
| Perilous | Dangerous |
| Resolution | Firm decision to follow a path or plan |
| Apparent | Easily seen or understood |
| Valiant | A brave person |
| Laments | Grieves or mourns |
| Confounded | confused or puzzled |
| Appeased | Quiet or Pacified |
| Ingratitude | ungratefulness, lack of appreciation |
| Covert | secret or hidden |
| endure | tolerate or put up with |
| gallant | noble, majestic, brave |
| proclaim | announced in a public way |
| falter | to waver |
| enmity | hostility, enemy |
| preeminent | most excellent |
| vivacious | lively |
| expounded | explained |
| cryptic | mysterious |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| indefatigable | untiring |
| contemptible | disgraceful |
| irrepressible | unmanageable |
| pretext | alleged reason |
| reconcile | brought (oneself) to accept |
| procure | obtain |
| capitulated | gave up |
| ignominious | humiliated |
| dejectedly | dismally; unhappy |
| complicity | involvement in a wrongful act |
| contemptuously | disrespectfully; disdainfully |
| taciturn | reluctant to talk |
| intimated | hinted or implied |
| nebulous | vague or unclear |
| conferred | consulted |
| expounding | explaining in great detail |
| evasion | the act of avoiding or hiding |
| benign | kind or gentle, not causing harm |
| peril | immediate danger or risk |
| unfathomable | unable to be understood |
| perplexity | the state of being confused |
| inevitable | cannot be stopped or avoided |
| inconspicuous | easy to not see |
| erratically | without purpose or direction |
| articulate | able to speak clearly |
| contemptuously | scornfully, with disrespect |
| prerogative | a right to do something |
| pensive | thinking deeply or contemptuously |
| futility | uselessness, because a result cannot be achieved |
| unobtrusive | inconspicuous or not noticeable |
| scrutiny | careful examination |
| predicament | a difficult situation; problem |
| persecuting | oppressing or harassing |
| mused | concentrated on one's thoughts or feelings |
| notoriety | being famous for doing something bad |
| pretentious | making unjustified claims regarding value or standing; showy |
| truncheon | police officers wooden club |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded or convinced |
| rasp | to irritate or grate upon |
| rectify | to correct by removing errors |
| zealot | passionate, fanatical |
| inextricable | forming a maze which you cant escape from |
| bureaucrat | a government official who follows a rigid, formal routine and follows orders |
| reverence | honor or respect, felt or shown |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine or practice, especially religion |
| prosaic | plain, dull, unimaginative |
| exhortation | language used to encourage or incite |
| impudent | cocky boldness or disregard |
| ingenious | original, resourceful, clever in execution |
| formidable | inspiring awe or wonder |
| demur | hesitation, based on doubt of something offered or proposed |
| utopia | place of ideal perfection |
| illicit | not permitted, unlawful, illegal |
| stupor | extreme apathy, caused by stress or shock |
| capitulate | surrender, often after negotiation |
| eminent | standing above others in position or quality |
| lethargic | being lazy or indifferent |
| prevaricate | deviate from the truth; lie |
| lurid | pale, wan, or ghostly in appearance |
| superficial | near the surface |
| exulting | rejoicing, celebrating |
| cessation | an ending, ceasing |
| leaden | heavy and immovable |
| wary | cautious |
| solemnly | seriously |
| motif | theme or figure that appears repeatedly |
| loitered | stayed around without purpose or left slowly |
| hindering | slowing down someone's or somethings progress |
| induced | moved, influenced, or caused |
| indignant | describes being upset over something that is unfair |
| incredulous | not believing or doubtful |
| furtive | secret or hidden |
| subsided | sunk to a lower lever, or became less active |
| taboo | a ban or prohibition, usually from a societies custom |
| implication | the logical conclusion of an action |
| perpetually | infinitely or lasting for an indefinitely long time |
| reverence | a deep feeling of respect |
| inarticulate | unable to speak clearly or intelligibly |
| relentlessly | persisting, without giving up or yielding |
| obscured | difficult to see |
| daunting | discouraging, hard to accomplish |
| impervious | cannot be penetrated or effected |
| illusive | an illusion, not really there |
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