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mid term vocab 1
english kimball vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contentious | tending to an argument, quarrelsome |
| conjure | to summon by magical power |
| confounded | bewildered, confused, perplexed |
| condemnation | strong disapproval |
| conceived | to believe |
| consigned | to transfer to another's custody |
| consanguinity | relationship by descent of a common ancestor |
| adamant | utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion |
| conciliatory | to win over |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| contemplation | thoughtful observation |
| defamation | false injury of a good reputation of another as by slander |
| deference | respectful or courteous regard |
| decrepit | weakened by old age |
| excruciating | extremely painful |
| execrate | to detest utterly |
| excoriate | to strip off or remove skin from |
| emboldened | to make bold or bolder; encourage |
| embattled | prepared for battle |
| embossed | to decorate with raised ornaments |
| intractable | not easily controlled or directed; stubborn |
| inept | without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment |
| inanition | to exhaust from lack of nourishment; starvation |
| intemperate | characterized by excessive indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| inestimable | incapable of being assessed |
| impede | to obstruct |
| inexplicable | incapable of being accounted for or explained |
| indictment | any charge, accusation, or cause for blame |
| indignantly | expressing strong displeasure at something considered offensive |
| ingratiating | charming; agreeable; pleasing |
| incredulously | skeptical |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied or pleased |
| intimation | making known indirectly |
| malevolence | ill will |
| obtuse | not sharp; blunt |
| predilection | a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; preference |
| pretense | false show of something |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, force |
| probity | integrity; honesty |
| promulgate | to set fourth; teach publicly |
| providence | foreseeing of care or guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth |
| rebuffed | an abrupt rejection |
| retaliate | to return like for like especially evil for evil |
| retrograde | moving backwards |
| reactionary | opposing political or social change |
| rectitude | moral virtue; correctness |
| redress | to set right; to correct or reform |
| reprieve | to relieve temporarily from any evil |
| transient | not lasting, enduring, or permanent |
| transfixed | to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, or terror |
| unblemished | to destroy or diminish the perfection of |
| unalienable | not transferable to another |
| unwarrantable | capable of being warranted |
| unperceived | to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses |
| unostentatious | characterized or given to conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others |
| unperturbed | to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate |
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samandkatie
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