english 2006 list 1
Terms
undefined, object
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- privy
- private or secret (adj.)
- feigned
- pretended (v)
- levity
- lack of seriousness (n)
- flounced
- to trim with cloth (v)
- parceled
- to seperate into parts and distribute (v)
- abortive
- unsuccessful (adj.)
- elations
- feelings of joy or happiness (n)
- conviction
- a strong belief (n)
- epigram
- a short poem w/ a witty or satirical (n)
- cynical
- inclined to question the goodness of people's motives (adj.)
- feebly
- weakly (adj.)
- crimson
- deep red or bloody (adj.)
- uninflected
- unchanged (v)
- contemptuous
- scornful (adj.)
- corroborated
- strengthened (v)
- libel
- a statement which will due harm to a person's reputation (n)
- peremptory
- final, absolute, or decisive (adj.)
- oculist
- a physician specializing in diseases of the eyes (n)
- contour
- the outline point of a figure (n)
- colossal
- huge or gigantic (adj.)
- reproach
- to accuse (v)
- supercilious
- arrogant (adj.)
- fractiousness
- the act of rebellion (n)
- wistfulness
- the act of yearning or wanting (n)
- imperceptibly
- not noticeably (adv.)
- fervent
- hot or glowing (adj.)
- infinitesimal
- too small to be measured (adj.)
- extemporizing
- improvising (v)
- sauntere
- to walk about idly or stroll (v)
- sumptuous
- magnificent or splendid (adj.)
- sauntered
- to walk about idly or stroll (v)
- interposed
- to put between or to interrupt a convo (v)
- haughtily
- in a snobby manner (adv.)
- rakish
- having a neat or dashing appearance (adj.)
- proprietary
- owner or ownership (n)
- ectoplasm
- a substance supposed to emulate from a body during a trance (n)
- languid
- weak (adj.)
- hauteur
- pride or snobbery (n)
- shiftlessness
- the act of being inefficient (n)