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Finals vocab
Finals english vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sagely | adv. showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge. |
| unfathomable | adj. impossible to understand |
| incredulous | adj. feeling or showing an inability to believe something |
| ornery | adj. having an irritable mood |
| stupor | noun. a state of dullness or lack of interest resulting often from stress or shock |
| doggedly | adv. stubbornly determined |
| implore | verb. to call upon with a humble request |
| grim | adj. cruel fierce |
| detached | adj. separated |
| defiance | noun. the act of resisting or challenging |
| elude | verb. to avoid or escape by being quick, skillful or tricky |
| gingerly | adv. cautiously |
| recur | verb. to go or come back in thought or discussion |
| genuine | adj. real |
| divert | verb. to turn aside; to distract |
| stricken | adj. troubled with misfortune |
| desert | verb. to leave |
| vast | adj. very great in size; enormous |
| asset | noun. all the property of a person that may be used in payment of debts; a quality or thing that can be used to advantage |
| savvy | noun. knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something |
| vacant | adj. empty |
| nonchalant | adj. having a confident and easy manner |
| dumbfounded | adj. speechless with astonishment |