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SL Vocab #13-24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| suspicious | Having a favorable sign |
| benign | kind, generous |
| despotic | tyrannical |
| austerity | being simple and unadorned |
| chasm | gorge, deep cleft in the earth |
| despot | tyrant |
| foliage | leaves |
| precipice | steep,overhanging place, like a cliff |
| semblance | actual or apparent resemblance |
| speculation | wondering, reflecting |
| taper | candle |
| train | and orderly succession of thought, sequence |
| in fine | in conclusion |
| abase | lower |
| acquiesce | agree |
| emancipate | free |
| imbibe | drink |
| impede | hinder |
| obviate | anticipate and prevent |
| direst | most dreadful |
| derisively | scornfully |
| bane | poison |
| behest | command |
| faculty | ability, talent |
| propinquity | nearness, proximity |
| weal | well-being |
| yester-eve | last night |
| purge | cleanse |
| usurp | take over, without legal right |
| blighted | diseased |
| deleterious | subtly harmful |
| ominous | menacing, portentous |
| sedulous | diligent |
| sere | withered, dry |
| unwonted | inaccustomed |
| asperity | harshness |
| enigma | mystery |
| sensibility | feelings |
| talisman | lucky charm |
| verdure | greenness of growing vegetation |
| wont | habit |
| save | except |
| amiss | wrong |
| scintillating | sparkling |
| lamentation | wailing, complaint |
| loquacity | talkativeness |
| scrofula | tuberculosis of the lymph glands |
| verge | edge |
| canst | can |
| impute | charge, blame |
| wanted | lacked |
| estranged | alienated, especially emotionally |
| atheist | person who denies existence of God |
| contiguity | proximity |
| satiate | satisy fully or excessively |
| colloquy | conversation |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| dryad | wood nymph |
| machinations | schemes |
| subjugate | bring under control, conquer |
| trammeled | enmeshed (like in a net) |
| transmuting | changing, especially to a higher form |
| hieroglyphic | picture writing |
| alloy | impair or debase by mixing |
| blasphemous | irreverent, profane |
| irrefragable | not reputable |
| pithy | tersely cogent; having substance |
| requisite | necessary |
| impiety | irreverence |
| obeisance | homage |
| tarry blackguard | sailor |
| vicissitude | fluctuation |
| tarry | linger |
| animadversion | critical remark |
| quarterstaff | fighting using long poles |
| wormwood | bitter plant |
| abstracted | preoccupied |
| gait | manner of walking |
| Knights Templar | freemasonry |
| Low Countries | Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands |
| morions | high-crested helmets with no visors |
| pathos | sympathetic pity |
| plaintiveness | sadness |
| celestial | heavenly |
| eloquence | movingly expressive |
| transitory | existing only briefly |
| apotheosize | exalt; make into an ideal |
| etheralize | make delicate or airy |
| armorial | of a coat of arms |
| gules | red |
| decease | death |
| escutcheon | shield-shaped emblem |
| heraldry | genealogical symbols of families |
| necromancer | sorcerer |
| nugatory | invalid |
| delve | dig |
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