English Vocabulary 2
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- tedious
- tiresome and boring
- arrogance
- haughtiness; pride mixed with contempt
- variable
- changeable, inconstant
- exasperation
- extreem irritation or annoyance
- ambiguities
- statements or events whose meanings are unclear
- pessimistic
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having to do with expecting the worst; gloomy
- preliminary
- preparatory; coming before the main business
- trepidation
- fear or agitation; nervous dread
- automation
- a system or equipment that is self-reglating
- visceral
- instinctive or emotional; not rational or intellectual
- abhors
- detests, intensely dislikes
- vindictive
- spiteful; vengeful; bearing a grudge
- cog
- one of the tooth like projections on the rim of a wheel that is used to trasfer motion by locking into the teeth of a similar wheel
- virtue
- goodness; moral and ethical excellance
- enjoined
- ordered
- void
- feeling of emptiness or loss
- procure
- get, obtain
- volatile
- changing rapidly from one mood to another
- unwieldy
- awkward, clumsy
- aquatic
- relating to growing or living in water
- installation
- the act of putting in place
- abhor
- to loathe or hate
- grievance
- injustice, complaint
- archipelago
- group of many small islands
- gadget
- any small, helpful device, usually mechanical in nature
- awe
- feeling of wonder, reverence, or fear
- propulsion
- a propelling or driving source
- mercurial
- changeable;unpredictable
- sophon
- a bent tub for drawing liquid out of one container into anouther by air pressure
- agitation
- a disturbed, upset ot troubled state of mind
- outrigger
- projecting frame or span that runs out from the main structure
- detest
- to dislike intensely, to hate
- catapult
- device for lauching an aircraft from the deck of a ship
- ecstasy
- state of great joy, delight, or rapture
- cunning
- cleverness, slyness
- egotism
- conceit; selfishness;vanity
- lamentable
- distressing, sad
- solitude
- the state of being alone; isolated
- provision
- a stipulation or condition
- creduality
- an excessive inclination to beleive
- agile
- able to move in a quick and easy way
- antagonism
- active opposition or hostility
- apparatus
- tools or equipment necessary to do a job; mechanism
- aversion
- strong dislike or distaste
- remnants
- remaining persons or things
- porous
- full of small holes through which liquids and gasses can pass
- waverer
- one who changes or is unsteady
- esteem
- high regard
- granulate
- to grind into grains
- bravado
- show of bravness without much real courage
- pensive
- thinking deeply or seriously
- aloofness
- state of being removed or distant in feeling; indifferent
- perforate
- to make a pattern of holes in, allowing for ease in seperation
- adulation
- excessive or lavish praise and admiration
- sallow
- od a sickly, pale-yellowish complection
- tolerate
- to put put up with or endure; to abide
- eloquence
- speech that is vivid, forceful, and graceful and persuasive
- lethargic
- sluggish; dull; sleepy
- augmenting
- increaseing, enlargeing
- regress
- to go back to an earlier way of thinking or acting
- heretics
- those who hold a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church
- superficial
- shallow or not genuine; only concerned with surface aspects
- repeal
- to do away with; to annul; to withdraw
- seclusion
- isolation; a condition of being alone
- velocity
- speed; rate of motion; swiftmess
- magnitude
- size; importance; greatness
- kinsmen
- relatives
- listless
- weary; bored, seeming too tired to care about being interested or active
- vile
- worthless, cheep, low
- belligerent
- hostile; aggressive; fond of fighting
- pernicious
- causing great injury or ruin
- aloof
- reserved; removed in interest or feeling
- facilitate
- to make easier; to help bring about
- urbance
- smoothly polite, refined, and relegant
- peruse
- examine in detail
- fastidious
- very particular about personal details; showing great delicacy in taste
- obstruct
- to hinder; to impede; to block the course of
- rejuvenate
- to make one feel young again; to invigorate
- pulverize
- to grind to powder or brak into small peices
- gratify
- to please; to satisfy
- alloy
- metal made by melting together two or more metals, or a metal and a non-metal
- organic
- related to living organisms containing carbon compounds
- prostrate
- lying face downward
- contrite
- feeling or expressing sorrow or regret for misconduct
- transgression
- wrongdoing, sin
- hypocite
- insicere person; one who pretends to be virtuous
- martial
- military
- commend
- to praise or express approval of
- fickle
- changeable
- chasm
- deep opening or gap in the earth
- readjust
- to rearrange agian; to put in order agian
- chafe
- to feel discontent or irritation
- excile
- to bannish
- proclaim
- to announce publicly; to declare
- incandescent
- giving off light because a material has been heated white hot
- proximity
- nearness
- sluggish
- slow moving or lacking energy
- laconic
- using a minimum of word,; breif; terse
- galvanize
- to give metals a rustproof coating of zinc
- avert
- to prevent or avoid; to keep from happeneing
- hydraulic
- opperated by or using the power or pressure of a liquid, especially water in motion
- arrogant
- overly proud; haughty
- vial
- a small bottle containing medicine or other liquids
- conductive
- helpful; favorable
- refute
- to disprove; to show that a claim or arguement is false
- grandiloquent
- using lofty or pompous style of speaking
- fray
- noisy fight
- repress
- to put down or hold back; to supress
- haughty
- arrogant
- terrestrial
- concerned woth the earth
- loathsome
- disgusting
- crevice
- narrow opening; a fissure
- solace
- comfort
- invigorating
- refresing; having an energizing effect
- penury
- extreme poverty
- inductee
- person who has been or soon will be installed, enrolled, ot initiated
- sepulcher
- tomb
- molten
- liquified by heat
- gallant
- brave and noble
- fissure
- long, deep, narrow split or crack
- illegitiment
- not according to the law; unlawful
- indulgent
- taking unrestrained pleasure in; gratifying a desire
- contradiction
- a conditon of being inconsistant ot in opposition
- brink
- the edge on top of a steep place
- incriminate
- to charge with or show involvement in a crime
- diversity
- variety
- infraction
- violation; the act of breaking the law
- auspicious
- favorable; showing signs of good fortune
- inclination
- a natural leaning; a preferance
- smolder
- to burn, and sometimes smoke, with out flames
- propensity
- natural learning; leaning
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noteworthy
- remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable
- practical
- sensible; level headed; not speculative
- magnanimous
- generous; noble in soul or mind
- inherent
- inborn; intrinsic
- podium
- raised platform for public speaking
- speculation
- careful thought based on incomplete info; connjecture
- censure
- to expree blame or disapproval
- conspiracy
- a plot to do something unlawful or wrong
- respite
- a short rest or pause; a lull
- formulate
- to state in a systematic mannor
- dominate
- to control by strength or power; to master
- suave
- plished; smoothly agreeable or polite
- eligible
- properly qualified; suitable
- aptitude
- special talent, ability, or capacity
- gloat
- to think of triomphantly, with great and sometimes malicious satisfaction
- provocative
- tending to excite, stir up, or stimulate
- gait
- way of walking or running
- circumspect
- discreet; cautious
- posthumous
- happening after death
- illogical
- not reasonable; senseless
- ravenous
- to recover from an illness, injury, or loss
- enlightne
- to teach or inform; to free from ignorance or prejudice
- astute
- shrewd; having keen insight and judgement
- deduction
- that which is learned or concluded by reasoning from a general principle or rule
- anticipate
- to look forward to or expect
- alias
- assumed name used to hide a person;s real identity
- piteous
- moving the heart; deserving of sympathy
- client
- person or organiztion for whom a lawyer or other professional acts
- vitality
- energy; life; vigor
- consistent
- unvarying; free from contradiction
- agitate
- to disturb or upset
- esoteric
- understood only by a few
- dignitary
- person of high rank or in a position of honor
- pedantic
- giving too mcuh importance to book learning, rules, and therories and undervaluing practical experences
- dormant
- in a state of rest; not in motion
- engender
- to produce or cause
- ebb
- the flow of the tide away from the shore; falling of the tide
- culprit
- offender; person accused of or guilty of a crime
- demeanor
- the way a person appears and acts; outward manner
- precocious
- unusually bright or mature for one's age
- humiliate
- to shame; to lower the self-esteem of
- impertinent
- rude; disrespectful
- stamina
- strength to withstand a condition or situation; endurance
- vain
- conceited; overly proud of one's appearance, abilities, or achievements
- pathetic
- marked by sorrow or melancholy
- acquit
- to declare a person not guilty after considering the evidance
- protrude
- to jut out
- ideology
- set of opinions or therories about political or social issues held by an individual or group
- degenerate
- to grow worse
- conception
- idea or impression
- attribute
- to think of as caused by or characterisitic of
- aborgate
- to do away with; to abolish
- influential
- having power to indirectly sway or alter events or a person's actions
- dup
- person easily deceived; one who has been cheated or tricked
- felicitous
- particulary appropriate
- immature
- lacking complete growth or development; childish in manner
- tact
- ability to say and do the correct thing; skill in dealing with people
- inquisitive
- curious; interested
- perturb
- to distress or disturb greatly
- jovial
- good-humored; full of fun; jolly
- impropriety
- quality of being unsuitable, wrong, or improper
- uncouth
- crude, ill-mannered or rude
- glaze
- a thin, slippery coating of ice
- coalesce
- to grow together; to join forces
- panorama
- wide, uninterrupted view of an entire area
- genial
- cheerful; kindly; friendly
- emerge
- to appear or rise into view
- confront
- to meet face-to-face
- recur
- to be repeated; to occur agian
- meditate
- to reflect; to think deeply and seriously
- populate
- to live in or occupy
- convoke
- to call together; to summon to a meeting
- abstemious
- moderate or sparing in eating and drinking
- counsel
- advice given after consultation
- tributary
- stream or river that flows into a larger body of water
- comprehension
- understanding; a mental grasp of something
- procrastinate
- to delay; to put things off until later
- accomplice
- person who helps another in commiting a crime
- cower
- to shrink from in fear; to cringe
- enact
- to make into a law
- meditation
- deep thought; reflection
- jaunt
- short pleasure excursion or trip
- decorous
- acting in good taste; proper
- eccentric
- odd; peculiar
- aggravate
- to make worse or more troublesome
- console
- to comfort
- haughtiness
- offensive pride and disdainfulness
- momentous
- weighty; of great consequence or importance
- boisterous
- having to do with loud noise caused by great enthusiasm and high spirits
- rationalize
- to justify; to find an explanation or excuse for
- spontaneous
- done naturally and freely, without prompting or planning
- condescending
- having to do with coming down to the level of one's real or imagined inferiors
- scowl
- to frown or glower angerily; to look sullen
- reprimand
- to scold severely
- deception
- false or misleading representation
- convivial
- fond of eating, drinking and good company
- irk
- to annoy; to make weary or irritated
- effusive
- overflowing; showing too much feeling; too demonstrative
- evasuve
- intending to be vague or to avoid
- frigid
- cold in feeling; lacking warmth
- vice
- a harmfun or immoral habit or tendancy
- exasperate
- to annoy extremely; to make angry