English Vocab.
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- myopic
- a narrow view of something, not able to discern, shortsighted
- boisterous
- rowdy, rough, and stormy
- demented
- insane
- arboreal
- relating to a tree or the inhabiting of a tree
- begrudge
- to give reluctantly, to envy a possession or one's enjoyment
- eon
- a long period of time
- querulous
- constantly complaining, whining
- barbarism
- the incorrect usage of words or forms of language
- fitful
- irregular
- neologism
- a newly coined word or phrase or new use of a word. (often disaproved of)
- loquacious
- very talkative
- coquette
- a woman who flirts with men without sincere affection
- salutary
- promoting good health or beneficial effects
- hermatic
- airtight
- harmonious
- showing accord, melodious
- improvidence
- not providing for the future, not thrifty
- garner
- gather together,store up
- dissipation
- spend foolishly, squander
- befuddled
- confused
- egregious
- very bad, shocking, conspicuously bad
- tantamount
- equivalent in value or significance
- indomitable
- incapable of being conquered
- perjury
- lying under oath
- determinate
- decisively settle
- palette
- board on which a painter mixes paint
- censorious
- critical
- elipsis
- ommission of words that are understood but would make a sentence gramatically correct
- degeneration
- a state of decline
- scrupulous
- very principled,very careful and conscientous, punctilious
- latent
- not visible, dormant
- embed
-
to enclose firmly in some mass
- equanimity
- calm temper, even disposition
- champion
- to defend or support
- abrogate
- abolish
- intransigent
- refusing to compromise
- expurgate
- remove obscene or objevtable material usually before publication
- aloof
- apart, indifferent
- inundate
- flood,overflow
- legacy
- a gift of will
- balm
- a soothing substance or one that gives relief
- methodical
- proceeding in a or systematic order
- pare
- to reduce or lessen
- rabid
- raging,furious, fanatical
- pernicious
- very destructive or harmful, deadly
- circuitous
- indirect, roundabout
- metaphorically
- nonliteral comparison
- impel
- to urge or drive foward-usually with moral pressure
- accord
- agreement, state of harmony
- flamboyant
- ornate,elaborate, colorful
- commensurate
- equal