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English 3 Vocab

Vocabulary for English 3

DefinitionWord
a feeling of great happiness or well-being Euphoria
chance or accident fortuity
to conceive and develop in the mind or body gestate
a small sin or fault peccadillo
impossible to bear; intolerable insufferable
the act of bestowing; a formal orrer conferment
to urge or beg without end importune
a postive relationship rapport
giving or showing an advantage to one over another preferential
intense joy or delight ecstasy
to make gestures for emphasis gesticulate
happening by a lucky accident or chance fortuitous
extremely demading; insistent importunate
the outermost part or boundary periphery
misconduct or wrongdoing; especially by a public official malfeasance
capable of being accomplished feasible
to embarrass and confuse discomfit
having no motion or change static
to remove from office or power depose
frankness or sincerity of expression; openness candor
lacking color; dull pallid
being the most typical, ideal, or important quintessential
enraged; furious livid
with regard to apropos
someone who take law enforcement into his/her own hands vigilante
to explain in greater detail elaborate
to drape or adorn festively festoon
green, lush with vegetation verdant
causing damage or harm; injurious detrimental
feeling of regret and sorrow; penitent contrite
boring because of overuse or repetition trite
debris; junk detritus
a lowering in number attrition
not strict; generous lenient
to soothe; appease the feeling of mollify
underdeveloped; very basic or simple rudimentary
a basic idea or principle rudiment
act or practice aimed at undermining authority sedition
enviroment surrounding; atmosphere ambiance
roundabout or lengthy circuitous
to agree, often at the urging of another accede
one that precedes another antecedent
the model used for similar future acts of decisions precedent
to violate or go against contravene
artifical; acquired adventitious
someone nearly wealthy parvenu
shory lived; temporary transatory
condition of being too full; overabundance surfeit
protection or suppport; patronage auspices
lucky; favorable propitious
to keep company; associate consort
lacking energy; weak languid
shining brilliantly incandescent
unimportant; insignificant negligible
a group of companies or institutions consortium
joking jocular
followed by favorable ccircumstances auspicious
sameness of sound, style , manner or color monotone
of the common people vulgar
on alert; watchfull vigilant
the theory that the self is the only reality solipsism
a person with a knowledge of several languages polygot
of or related to a wild celebration bacchic
to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality impair
a literary or dramatic speech spoken by a solitary character soliloquy
to make public divulge
the common people; the masses hoi polloi
unvarying; lacking in variety monotonous
having one syllable monosyllabic
deserted and lonely desolate
to upset and confuse disconcert
improvement or enlightment edification
accumulation summation
concerning the whole rather than the parts holistic
perferct or ideal, especiallt in skill or accomplishment consummate
to divide into parts and distribute parcel
manner of working modus operandi
sharply effective or insightful trenchant
having no flaws impeccable
to cut short in the middle truncate
to attack; to discuss repeatedly or at length belabor
to examine or analyze parse
universal; comprehensive catholic
completeness totality
having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything totalitarian
quick, whitty conversation repartee repartee
to attach to oneself; take over annex
certainty; inevitability certitude
a formal and long paper written for a degree at a university or college dissertation
someone who serves as a communicator between concered parties liasion
to discover with certainty throw examination or experimentation ascertain
not properly attentive negligent
the core or center nexus
prssessing or exhibiting great wealth; affuent opulent
a binding or joining ligature
expected or required obligatory
something declared or stated positively assertion
a pattern of prayer or worship liturgy
the use of power and strength exertion
to resuly in; have the effect of redound
openly expressive of emotions demonstrative
to attack with words; denounce fulminate
about to occur impending
varying according to personal opinion or perspective subjective
to insert between other elements interject
marked by great joy or jublation exultant
a song or religoius service for the dead or lost requiem
to add as a supplement; to attach append
to give an excessive amount to; flood inundate
moving or jumping from one thing to another desultory
to move in a wavelike fashion; to ripple undulate
not necessary; dispensable expendable
able to recover readily; persistent resilent
an exact translation or restatement metaphase
arousing anger or strong emotion inflammatory
to infuriate; to make passionately angry incense
to cancel the effect of; nullify negate
easing pain or discord lenitive
to tweist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape contort
to branch out; to go different ways diverge
of or relating to signs or symbols semiotic
implied or understood but not directly expressed implicit
difficult or impossible to explain inexplicable
curving or twisting sinuous
a downward slope; a dip declivity
to misshape; misrepresent distort
sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness plaintive
to suggest in an indirect or subtle fashion insinuate
a natural tendency towards proclivity
to come together; to gather; to meet converge
a climbing slope; a hill acclivity
a pattern or model paradigm
menacing; threatening ominous
the way in which something is expressed; style phraseology
to protest or object remonstrate
negative and critical; insulting pejorative
something disgustingly offensive abomination
loathsome; disagreeable abominable
haing to o with the meaning of words or language semantic
drowsy; sleepy somnolent
a summary that is not word for word paraphase
brilliance; brightness luster
noticeably bad or offensive flagent
infuriate to make passionately angrey incense
well- known and distinguished illustrious
intended to attact attention; showy flamboyant
a large fire conflagration
describing an instance of illustrative
to honor with a banquet or feast fete
to attack with words; denounce fulminate
inflaming; provoking heat or anger incendiary
brillianyly illuminated; shining refulgent
Created by: joylatrice
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