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English mid-term voc
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Edifice | a large elaborate structure; an imposing building |
| ambidextrous | equally skillfull with both hands |
| belated | delayed |
| animate | to give life or motion to |
| knead | to work dough or clay |
| chauvinist | one having fanatical devotion to a country,gender, or religion. |
| egalitarian | promoting equal rights for all people |
| berserl | in a state of violent or destructive rage |
| osentatious | showy display |
| delude | to mislead or fool. |
| amalgamate | to combine |
| demented | mentally ill or insane |
| hone | to sharpen |
| beleaguer | to besiege by encircling or harrassing |
| gorge | to eat or swallow greedily |
| antiquated | no longer used or useful |
| opiate | narcotic used to cause sleep |
| caricature | exaggerated portrayal of one's features |
| dally | to waste time ; to dawdle |
| felonious | major crime |
| jaded | worn out or dulled |
| gist | the main point |
| advocate | to reccomend |
| efface | to obliberate or wipe out |
| charisma | personal appeal or attraction |
| ogre | a brute |
| mesmerize | to hypnotize |
| entity | anything having existence |
| bandy | to exchange words |
| dastardly | cowardly |