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Hon Eng list 8
Honors English List 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emaciated | abnormally thin, wasted away |
| malnutrition | lack of necessities |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere at the same time |
| excruciating | agonizing, torturing |
| fretful | worrisome, irritable |
| harbinger | a forerunner, advance notice |
| privation | faulty or inadequate diet |
| sanctuary | shelter |
| tranquil | quiet |
| besiege | to surround, hem in |
| thwart | to hinder, defeat |
| reverberating | reechoing, resounding |
| respite | an interval of relief, delay |
| succumb | to give way, yield |
| malignant | likely to cause death |
| remote | distant, hidden away |
| sinister | evil, ominous |
| afflict | to trouble greatly, to distress |
| ascend | to rise |
| surge | to rush suddenly |