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English Exam Vocab
English Exam Vocab Term 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Supercilious | haughty, patronizing |
| decolletage | a low-cut neckline of a dress |
| sordid | dirty, wretched, squalid |
| Slatternly | untidy, dirty, disorderly, (Usually to describe a female) |
| Dotage | decline of mental alertness, senility |
| Lewd | sexually unchaste |
| Alacrity | promptness in response, cheerful readiness |
| Lout | an awkward clumsy fellow |
| Dithyrambic | a statement or writing in an exalted or enthusiastic vein |
| Aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| ungainly | having an awkward appearance |
| Ingenuousness | showing innocent or childlike simplicity or candidness |
| Mellifluousness | filled with something that sweetens |
| Peremptory | expressive of urgency or command |
| Pragmatically | relating matters of fact or practical matters |
| Diaphanous | extremely delicate, almost transparent. |