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Helton SS Voc H
Helton Honors Short Story Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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absconded | to run off and hide |
explicit | to be very exact |
fetter | to chain or bind |
impunity | free from all charges |
niche | an interior opening in a passageway |
precluded | to prevent beforehand |
retribution | revenge or payback |
condolences | sympathy |
precipitous | steep; sheer drop |
languor | a state of laziness |
palpable | able to be touched |
scruples | morals and values |
careen | speed in a curve or straight path |
exotic | outside of the normal |
heresy | a philosophy against the accepted beliefs |
precariously | very unstable |
unredressed | not set right |
catacombs | underground passages |
impose | to interrupt |
condone | to excuse or approve |
zealous | overly devoted to an interest |
dank | dark and dreary |
lacerated | torn or ripped apart |
opaque | not able to let light in |
sallow | very pale or sickly in color |
armada | a fleet of something |
loll | to hang out in a lazy manner |
prim | proper and sophisticated |
sullen | sad and depressed |
entrails | internal organs |