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English Vocabulary
vocab from 10th grade english
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Delineate | to describe accurately with details |
| nefarious | very wicked |
| vernacular | everyday speech or slang |
| brawn | muscular strength |
| tout | to publicly brag |
| enhance | to increase, to intensify |
| hindrance | something that delays and action or progress |
| efface | to erase from existence, to rub out |
| glutton | someone who consumes way too much food or drink |
| hiatus | a break or vacation |
| querulous | grumbling, grumpy |
| engender | to cause, to create |
| pugnacious | eager to fight |
| quell | to calm/pacify |
| artisan | one who is skilled with their hands |
| kindle | to ignite, to arouse |
| corroborate | to confirm, to back up with evidence |
| amorous | feeling loving, especially in a romantic way |
| decorous | proper, in good taste |
| expedite | to speed up the process of |
| discordant | lacking harmony or agreement |
| idyllic | naturally peaceful |
| juxtapose | to place side by side in comparison |
| incandescent | brilliant, giving off light or heat |
| sage | someone who is wise through experience or reflection on life |
| vacuous | lack ideas or intelligence |
| deride | to ridicule, to insult |
| benevolent | generous, kind |
| solemn | very serious not at all light-hearted |
| myriad | countless, a large infinite amount |
| derisive | taunting, jeering |
| truculent | aggressively hostile |
| vicious | nasty, hateful |
| infuriate | to make very angry, to enrage |
| stifle | to forcefully prevent |
| cower | to crouch in fear or shame |
| swerve | to turn aside sharply and suddenly |
| pinnacle | the highest peak in a career or land form |
| nimble | agile, quick in movement |
| ludicrous | laughably ridiculous |
| acrid | unpleasantly sharp, stinging or sour |
| blunder | to make a stupid careless mistake |
| ebullient | overflowing with excitement |
| imminent | likely to happen at any moment |
| persecute | to harass or oppress because of race, religion, etc. |
| savor | to enjoy the flavor of something |
| bucolic | charmingly rural |
| pretentious | pretending to be more important than you are |
| gullible | easily deceived; too trusting |
| convivial | friendly in a social way |
| discreet | unnoticeable; sneaky |
| discrete | unconnected; distinctly separate |
| fabricate | to make up |
| gesticulate | to "talk with your hands" |
| laud | to praise |
| belabor | to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent |
| reiterate | to say again; to repeat |
| conflagration | a huge, destructive fire |
| induce | to cause to happen |
| soporific | causing drowsiness or sleep |
| anarchy | absence of government or control that results in chaos |
| strident | shrill; annoyingly high-pitched |
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