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english vocabs 1
vocab words for the short stories
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| adulation | excessive praise or flattery |
| aghast | filled with shock or horror |
| askew | crooked; to one side |
| exorbitant | much too high |
| gamut | entire range or series of something |
| pauper | a poor person, one who depends on public charity |
| privation | lack of basic necessities or comforts of life |
| prospects | chances or possibilities |
| ruinous | bringing ruin or downfall; disastrous |
| vexation | anger or annoyance |
| affable | friendly |
| amenity | something that adds to one's comfort or convenience |
| condone | overlook |
| deplorable | deeply regrettable |
| disarming | removing or overcoming suspicion |
| droll | amusing, odd or comical |
| elude | to escape |
| imperative | absolutley necessary |
| quarry | object of hunt |
| scruple | an uneasy feeling arising from ones conscience |
| solicitously | with an expression of care or concern |
| stamina | physical or moral strength |
| tangible | capable of being touched or felt |
| uncanny | so remarkable as to seem supernatural |
| zealous | intensly devoted |
| agile | able to move quickly |
| assertion | a statement |
| cascade | waterfall |
| chronicle | a record of events |
| coveted | greedily wished for |
| inconsequential | of no importance |
| instigate | to stir up |
| predominating | most important |
| prudence | the use of good judgement |
| vestibule | small entryway within a building |
| appropriation | money set aside for specific purpose |
| banished | forced to go away |
| consequently | as a result |
| degraded | a decline to lower a condition with loss and dignity |
| indulgently | in a tolerant matter |
| potential | possible but not yet existing |
| proverbial | widely spoken of |
| rapt | deeply delighted |
| reprehensible | deserving of blame |
| unchecked | not restrained or controlled |
| accost | to approach and speak to in an aggresive or hostile matter |
| destined | determined before hand |
| fetter | to restrain with chains and shackles |
| implore | to beg |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| preclude | to make impossible (by taking action in advance) |
| repose | to bring to view |
| subside | to become less agitated or active |
| termination | the end of something |
| virtuoso | characteristic of a person with masterly knowledge or skill |
| careen | to rush carelessly |
| doggedness | persistence |
| exotic | excitingly strange |
| heresy | an action or opinion |
| imminent | about to occur |
| infallibility | an inability to make errors |
| invalid | to ill to live a normal life |
| iridescent | shining with shifting rainbow colors |
| precariously | insecurely |
| reiterate | repeat |
| brevity | the quality of being brief in time |
| despondently | in a very discouraged/depressed manner |
| dispel | to scatter |
| egotistical | concieted |
| enigmatic | mysterious |
| harass | persistently bother |
| inexplicable | difficult or impossible to explain |
| skewed | distorted |
| sullen | showing irritation/unhappiness by a gloomy silence |
| wary | cautios |
| absurd | ridiculous |
| fathom | understand |
| foreboding | a feeling that something bad is going to happen |
| hospitable | welcoming |
| impersonally | in an emotionally distant matter |
| langurous | creating a dreamy, lazy mood |
| lull | a temporary period of calm and quiet |
| resolutley | with firmness or determination |
| slacken | to slow down |
| suitor | a man courting a woman |
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