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Eng Mid term vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| decipher | Make out the meaning of |
| Continuous | Uninterrupted in time |
| Perpetual | Continuing or enduring forever |
| illuminating | Giving or casting light |
| Exploits | Spirited or heroic act |
| Grimace | Facial expressions (often ugly) |
| Listlessly | Having or showing little or no interest in anything |
| Divine | Pertaining to a god |
| Reminiscing | To recall past experiences, events, ect |
| Muttered | To utter words indistinctly or in a low tone |
| Expectation | The act or state of looking forward or anticipating |
| Tainted | A trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful |
| Appalled | To fill or overcome with horror |
| Rampant | Violent, raging, furious, anger |
| Harass | To disturb persistently |
| Fortify | To protect or strengthen against attack |
| Monotonous | Lacking in variety |
| Mesmerized | To spellbind; fascinate |
| Malice | Desire to inflict injury/ harm or suffering on another |
| Convulsion | Contortion of the body caused by violence |
| Acrid | Sharp or biting to the taste or smell |
| Pall | A cloth, often spreads over a coffin |
| Distorted | Twisted, deformed, misshapen |
| Elder | Of higher rank; senior |
| Orient | To familiarize (a person) with new surrounding or circumstances |
| Muster | To assemble for battle, inspection, display, orders |
| Glinting | A tiny, quick flash of light |
| Lolling | Lazy |
| Haunch | Fleshy part of body about the hip |
| Traverse | To pass or move over, along, through |
| Comprehend | To understand the nature or meaning |
| Phantom | An appearance or illusion without material substance (dream, mirage, illusion) |
| Speculate | To engage in thought or reflection (often followed by on, upon, or a clause |
| Ashen | Extremely pale; drained of colour |
| Retaliate | To return like for like; or evil to evil |
| Condemned | To express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on |
| Alighted | A dismount from a horse ( to settle or stay after descending) |
| Precipices | A cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face |
| Boastfully | Bragging |
| Somber | Gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted |
| Bombardment | To attack with bombs |
| Parapet | A defensive wall or elevation |
| Perimeter | The border or outer boundary of two- dimensional figure |
| Drone | To make a dull, continued, low sound; hum/buzz |
| Swatch | A sample of cloth or other material |
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lmoulais
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