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Byers pre-ap eng.II
Vocabluary Exam Reveiw
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dogged | Persistent; stubborn |
| naive | unsophisticated; lacking in worldy wisdom |
| Subservient | submissive |
| Defendant | In law the person accused |
| Unanimous | showing complete agreement |
| monopoly | exclusive control |
| counsel | lawer |
| abstain | voluntarily refrain from |
| motives | the emotions or impulses that cause a person to act in certain way |
| insignificant | having little or no importance |
| simulated | taking on the appearance of |
| arrogance | pride; self-importance |
| acquittal | the judgment of a judge or jury that a person is not guilty of a crime as charged |
| intimidate | to discourage or inhibit by making threats |
| resolution | determination |
| imperceptible | impossible to perceive; unnoticeable |
| stealthy | in a quiet, secretive way |
| elequent | vividly expressive |
| lucid | clear |
| encompass | to surroound; enclose |
| supposition | an opinion or assumption |
| relapse | to fall backinto a former state |
| insuperable | impossible to overcome |
| treacherous | dangerous |
| potent | powerful |
| lethargy | sluggishness; unconsciousness |
| pertinacity | a persistent stubbornness |
| verocity | greed for food;ravenousness |
| discordant | marked by a harsh mixture of sounds |
| Noun | names a person place or thing |
| Verb | states action or state of being |
| pronoun | replaces a noun |
| adjective | describes a noun or pronoun- Kind? which one?number of? how much? |
| Adverbs | desribes verb adjective or another verb -how? when? where? (-ly) |
| Prepostion | starts a prepositional phrase that ends with a noun or pronoun |
| conjunction | links word or phrases in a sentence |
| interjection | shows strong feeling |