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Weyler Vocabulary
50 words from school units and ACT vocabulary lists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Recumbent | to recline |
| Morosely | In a gloomy manner |
| Lumber | To move slowly or clumsily |
| Plaintively | In a mournful or sad way |
| Complacently | In a pleased or pleasant way |
| Decorous | proper |
| Recrimination | a countercharge |
| Inscrutable | impenetrable |
| Malevolently | wishing ill or harm to another |
| Jeer | to speak or shout derisively |
| Impervious | not permitting passage |
| Demure | characterized by shyness and modesty |
| Fervor | intense heat |
| Corpulent | portly or stout |
| Luminous | radiating or reflecting light |
| Objectively | purpose or goal |
| Insidious | stealthily treacherous or deceitful |
| Condemnation | strong censure |
| Imperceptibly | very slight, gradual |
| Imploring | to beg urgently or piteously for |
| Lamentation | expressing grief |
| Dispassionate | free from or unaffected by passion |
| Buoyant | cheering or invigorating |
| Epiphany | an appearance or manifestation |
| Diffident | lacking confidence in one's own ability |
| Imminent | likely to occur at any moment |
| Proximate | close, very near |
| Brief | lasting or taking a short time |
| Abbreviate | to shorten a word by omitting letters |
| Resist | to withstand |
| Adverse | opposing one's interests or desire |
| Affluent | abounding in anything |
| Symmetrical | regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts |
| Symphony | an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements |
| Imitation | a counterfeit; copy |
| Differentiate | to change; alter |
| Synchronize | to cause to indicate the same time |
| Immanent | remaining within |
| Epidemic | affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent |
| Conjecture | an opinion or theory so formed or expressed |
| Quantitive | capable of being measured |
| Definitive | a defining or limiting word |
| Contiguous | in close proximity without actually touching |
| Versative | having or capable of many uses |
| Veracious | habitually speaking the truth |
| Successor | a person or thing that succeeds or follows |
| Accentuate | to give emphasis or prominence to |
| Leaven | a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter |
| Abundant | present in great quantity |
Created by:
mrs.weyler
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