EN 11 VOCAB SEMESTER 1
Terms
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- Acute
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penetrating
characterized by sharpness of severity
marked by keen discernment or intellectual perception - allegory
- a symbolic representation
- allusion
- an implied or indirect reference
- ameliorate
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improve upon
to make better or more tolerable - amenable
- readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate
- cajole
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coax
to persuade with flattery or genle urging (especially in the face of reluctance) - anathema
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someone or something immensely disliked or loathed
a vigorous denunciation
a ban or curse - approbation
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an act of approving formally
commendation, praise - accord
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agreement
conformity
compact/treaty - barbarity
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inhumanity
an act of cruelty - beneficient
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doing or producing good
performing acts of kindness or charity - caveat
- a warning enjoining one freom certain acts or practices
- conjecture
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inference from defective or presumptive evidence
a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork - deference
- respect and esteem due to superiors or an elder
- deplorable
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lamentable
deserving censure or contempt
wretched - desolate
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deserted
gloomy; lifeless; barren
joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one. - drivel
- nonesense
- earnest
- characterized by or preceeding from an intense and serious state of mind.
- edifice
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building
large or massive building
abstract structure - emancipate
- to free from restrain, control, or the power of another
- emulate
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imitate
to strive to equal or excel - enumerate
- count
- evanescent
- tending to vanish like vapor
- exult
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rejoice
to be extremely joyful - hackneyed
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trite
lacking in freshness or originality - heterodox
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unorthodox
unconventional - impertinent
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irrelecant
characterized by insolent rudeness - incessant
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unceasing
continueing or following without interruption - incisive
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penetratitng; cutting; bitting' trenchant
remarkably clear and direct - inclement
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stormy
physically severe - indubitable
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unquestionable
to evident to be questioned - infamy
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evil reputation brought about by something grossly horrible, criminal, shocking
an extreme or publically known criminal or evil act - inscrutable
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mysterious
not readily investigated, or understood - invariable
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constant
not changing or capable of change - lassitude
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fatigue
languor
a condition of weariness - lurid
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shocking
sensational
melodramatic - marrow
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the inmost, best, or essential part; core
vegetable marrow - melancholy
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dejection
depression of spirits
a pensive mood - misdemeanor
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a crime less serious than a felony
a misdeed - nebulous
- indistinct; vague
- nutriment
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something that nourishes or promotes growth
Repairs the natural wastage of life - orthodox
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conventional
conforming to established doctrine - pathos
- an element in experience or in artistic represnetation evoking pity or compassion
- perverse
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cranky
contrary
obstinate in opposing what is right, reasonable or accepted
marked by peevishness or petulance - physiognomy
- the facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their configuration or expression
- proclivity
- an inclination or predisposition toward something; esp: a strong inherent inclination towards something objectionable
- scathing
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bitterly severe
caustic - raiment
- clothing; garments
- providence
- divine guidance or care: God concieved as teh power sustaining and guiding human destiny
- prodigious
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extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree
enormous - precocious
- exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
- propinquity
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nearness of blood: kinship
nearness in place or time: proximity - plebian
- one of the common people
- salient
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standing out conspicuously: prominent
noticeable - scruple
- an ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action
- propagate
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to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area:
EXTEND - quicken
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to make alive: REVIVE
to cause to be enlivened: STIMULATE - scintillate
- to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks: SPARKLE
- rend
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to split or tear apart in pieces by violence
to tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair - repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with: DISOWN
to refuse to accept; especially: to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force
to reject as unture or unjust - simulate
- to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive: IMITATE
- stringent
- marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard
- sustenance
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means of support, maintenance, or subsistnece: LIVING
food, provisions, nourishment - tempest
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a violent storm
turmult, uproar - throng
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host
a crowding together of many person
pressure - toil
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struggle, battle
long strenuous fatiguing labor - transcend
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to rise above or go beyond the limits of
overcome - usury
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interest
the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates - vagrant
- one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
- venerable
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calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence - vestment
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an outer garmet
a robe of ceremony or office - vigor
- active bodily or mental strength or force
- vitriol
- something felt to resemble vitriol especially in caustic quality
- vivacious
- lively in temper, conduct, or spirt
- wanton
- being without check or limitation