English Spring Vocab
Terms
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- caricature
- a grotesque representation; (v.) to imitate in an exaggerated manner
- consign
- to hand over
- assiduous
- diligent
- antecedent
- preceding in time or order
- paradox
- to contridictory ideas existing together
- animosity
- bitter hostility or hatred
- oxymoron
- a word that seems to contridict itself
- glib
- .) ease of speech or writing that suggests insincerity
- clemency
- .) an inclination to show mercy; an act of mercy toward an offender
- inanimate
- .) lifeless; inactive; dead
- ubiquitous
- everywhere
- affable
- gentle and gracious; approachable
- imperative
- .) obligatory; compulsory
- inundate
- to overwhelm, as if with a flood
- stolid
- impassive; revealing little emotion
- incorrigible
- incapable of being corrected or reformed
- metaphor
- an implied comparison
- modicum
- a small, moderate amount
- augur
- to make predictions based on signs or omens
- abject
- .) being the most contemptible or miserable kind, as in They live in abject poverty
- aversion
- a feeling of intense dislike
- diffidence
- , state of timidity or shyness
- inscrutable
- difficult to fathom or understand; mysterious
- sagacity
- wisdom
- arrears
- , unpaid debts or obligations
- cadence
- .) the beat of movement in dancing or marching; rhythmic flow in poetry
- ostensible
- apparent
- pernicious
- , deadly; wicked; destructive
- sallow
- sickly yellow
- capitulate
- .) to surrender; to yield
- implacable
- incapable of being appeased or pacified
- expeditious
- speed and efficiency
- hyperbole
- exaggeration
- complacent
- .) self-satisfied; almost smug
- supercilious
- arrogant
- altercation
- arguement
- incumbent
- currently holding a specified office; imposed as an obligation
- sanguine
- cheerfully optimistic; red; the color of blood
- insolent
- boldly rude or disrespectful
- infallible
- .) incapable of erring or failing
- commiserate
- to express sorrow or pity; to sympathize with
- circuitous
- .) going in a roundabout or indirect manner
- abate
- to reduce or lessen; to subtract from an amount
- conspicuous
- easily noticed, obvious
- epoch
- hisotorical period