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English Vocab Knight
English words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Any authoritative proclamation or command. | Edict |
| Explain the meaning of. | Expound |
| Expound producing or tending to produce pestilence. | Pestilential |
| To strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: | Pillage |
| A feeling of anticipation of an anxiety over a future event; presentiment | Premonition |
| Without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman | Bestial |
| A respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentences of death. | Reprieve |
| A severe test; a trial | Crucible |
| Bony; very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Emaciated |
| Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior). | Incite |
| Put or take on board a ship or aircraft | Embark |
| A mortgage or other charge on property or assets | Encumbrance |
| Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties | Vigilant |
| The making known of a secret or the unknown. | Revelation |
| The process of forcing someone to leave a place, esp. a country | Expulsion |
| Having or showing appropriate respect for parents or others | Pious |
| Looking exhausted and unwell, esp. from fatigue, worry, or suffering | Haggard |
| Completely puzzled or confused; perplexed. | Bewildered |
| A violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang | Hooligan |
| Believing the worst of other people; skeptical of the motives of others, distrustful | Cynical |
| Bone, occurring, or coming at night | Nocturnal |
| Furiously angry | Livid |
| An assumed or unreal appearance | Semblance |
| Suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance | Robust |
| Lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting | Apathy |
| Required by law or a rule; obligatory | Compulsory |