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English Midterm-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| incongruously | in a way that does not fit; inappropriately; oddly |
| periphery | the surrounding area; outskirts |
| finality | the state of being settled; decisiveness |
| incomprehensible | not understandable |
| conveted | desired strongly; wished for longingly |
| depreciated | to lessen, the price or value of |
| instigate | to stir up or cause to happen |
| imputation | an accusation |
| parsimony | stinginess; extreme cheapness, miserliness |
| prudence | cautious, good judgement |
| enveloped | to wrap up in or as in covering |
| beleagured | to surround with military forces |
| turret | a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure |
| paroxysm | any sudden violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion |
| silhouetted | to remove the background details so as to priduce an outline effect |
| parapet | a defense wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification |
| accost | to approach and a speak to in a especially aggressive manner |
| preclude | to prevent or make impossible |
| impunity | freedom from punishment, harm, or bad consequences |
| implore | to ask earnestly; to beg |
| explicit | definitely stated; clearly expressed |
| amble | to move with an easy gait; to engage in a leisurely walk |
| courteous | marked by respect for an consideration of others |
| entity | something that has separate and distinct existence |
| abundance | an ample quality |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite or hatred |
| morbid | characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits; excessive |
| resist | to withstand the force or effect of |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements; conceited |
| contemporary | happening, existing, living or coming into being during the same time period |
| inconspicuous | not readily noticeable |
| rudiment | a basic principle or element or a fundamnental skill |
| antagonize | to incur or provoke the hostility |
| edification | to instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift; enlighten |
| resignation | an act or instance of giving up without resistence; surrender |
| venerable | worthy of reverence or respect by virtue of dignity, character, position, or age |
| succint | market by compact precise expression without wasted words |
| oblivious | lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness (usually used with "of" or "to" |
| corrugated | formed or shaped into wrinkles or folds or into alternations ridges and groves |
| fluctuation | a state of shifting back and fourth uncertainly |
| indigenous | having originated in and being produced, living, or occuring naturally in a particular region or environment |
| cynical | a fault-finidng critic; one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or apposition; rashness; recklessness |
| unmitigated | not lessened; unrelieved. being so definitely stated as to offer little chance of chance or relief |
| devout | devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| impertinence | given to or characterized rudeness |
| disengage | to release or detatch oneself; withdraw |
| hone | to make more acute, intense, or effecitve |
| abruptly | characterized by or involving action or change without preparation or warning |
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