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english vocabulary

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Acute With a sharp point;keen and alert;sharp and severe;rising quickly to a high point and lastnig for a short time.
Bluster To talk or act in a noisy and threatning way;to blow in stormy gusts;speech that is loud and threatning.
Bungle To act or work clumisly and awkwardly;to ruin something through clumsiness.
Commentary A series of notes clarifying or explaining something.
Duration The length of time that something continues or lasts.
Eerie Causing fear because of strangeness;weird,mysterious.
Facet One aspect or side of a subject or problem;one of the cut surfaces of a gem.
Fidelity The state of being faithful;accuracy in details, exactness.
Fray A brawl, a noisy quarrel;to wear away by rubbing;make ragged or worn;to strain, irritate.
Headstrong Willful, stuborn.
Inhabitant One living permanently in a given place.
Numb Having lost the power of feeling or movement;to dull the feelings of;to cause to lose feeling.
Pacify To make peaceful or calm;to soothe.
Ravenous Greedy;Very hungry;Eagerfor satisfaction.
Refute To prove incorrect.
Remorse Deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds;pangs of consience.
Setback Something that interferes with progress;a disapointment,unexpected loss or defeat;a steplike recession in a wall.
Smug Overly self-satisfied, self-righteous.
Synopsis A brief statement giving a general veiw of some subject,book,etc.; a summary.
Tarry To delay leaving;to linger,wait;to remain or stay for a while.
Created by: maggie106
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