english vocab lists 11-15
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- amble
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v-To walk slowly or leisurely; stroll.
n- An unhurried or leisurely walk. - apothecary
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n- One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist.
The apothecary down the block is getting sued for giving a woman pills that had the - assuage
- v- To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe
- beadle
- n- A minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services.(a low levek town official who often help out in a church
- brethren
- n- A plural of brother ( not a family brother but people that share a common bond)
- chattel
- n- An article of movable personal property.
- dictum
- n- A statement or opinion made by an important person (impartment) or a proverb
- domicile
- n- A residence; a home()it must be permanent).
- foray
- n-to do something outside of your comfort zone
- impudent
- adj- Characterized by offensive boldness or disrespect
- malevolent
- adj- Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
- piety
- n- The state or quality of being pious(Having or exhibiting religious reverence(respect)), especially
- predilection
- n- A partiality or disposition in favor of something; a preference.
- stricture
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n- A restraint, limit, or restriction.
n- harsh criticism - taciturn
- adj- Habitually untalkative
- amiable
- Adj. Pleasant in disposition
- condescend
- v. To descend to the level of one considered inferior; lower oneself
- contemptous
- adj-Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful.
- cunning
- adj- sneeky sly or tricky like a secret agent
- diminutive
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adj- Extremely small in size; tiny
n- a small person or thing
n- A diminutive suffix, word, or name. - disapprobation
- n- Moral disapproval; condemnation
- eddy
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n-A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion
v- To move in or as if in an eddy - entailment
- v-To includes or require
- erratic
- adj- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering.
- fractious
- adj- Inclined to make trouble; unruly
- gravely
- adj- Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.
- indigenous
- adj- it is native to a certain place useually a natural thing
- secede
- v- To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance.
- sojourn
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v-To reside temporarily
n-A temporary stay; a brief period of residence. - vex
- v-To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother
- asinine
- adj- stupid or silly
- auspicious
- adj- favorable
- benevolence
- n- in the case, a generous or thoughtful gift
- haint
- n- a ghost or a spook
- irk
- v- to annoy
- melancholy
- n or adj- sadness or of a melancholy state
- monosyllabic
- adj- one syllable
- onslaught
- n-a violent attack
- quell
- v-to quiet or pacify
- tranquility
- n- peacefulness, serenity
- benign
- adj -Of a kind and gentle disposition
- cordiality
- n-sincere affection and kindness
- dismember
- n-someone is to tear or cut that person's limbs (arms and legs) off
- edification
- n- education or instruction
- ensue
- adj-something that comes immediately after something else.
- gape
- v- to stare at a person with your mouth open
- inquisitive
- adj- questioning or prying
- kudzu
- n-a quick-growing vine with large leaves, often found in the Southern United States
- malignant
- adj- dangerous; evil
- placid
- adj- calm and quite
- prowess
- n-superior ability or skill
- ramshackle
- adj-loose or rickety; about to fall apart
- rigid
- adj-stiff
- quibble
- v-type of arguing where you avoid the main point by bringing up petty details
- tacit
- adj-An agreement, or, in this case, a "treaty" that is tacit is one that has been silently agreed upon.
- amborsia
- n- a dessert made up of a mixture of fruits, nuts, and coconut
- abberation
- n-is a deviation, or a moving away from, something that is not normal.
- canna
- n-a beautiful tropical flower
- cordial
- adj-warm and friendly
- embalm
- v- the process of preserving a dead body
- flue
- n- a channel in a chimney that allows smoke and flames to pass to the outside
- libel
- n-A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation
- palate
- n-The roof of the mouth and nasal
- perpetual
- n-Something that is perpetual lasts forever
- perpetuate
- v-To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual
- procure
- v-To get by special effort; obtain or acquire
- taffeta
- n-a lustrous, stiff fabric, often used for women's dresses, especially formal wear
- unfathomable
- adj- Something that is unfathomable is something that can not be understood.
- vigil
- n- a watch
- wary
- adj- To be wary means to be cautious on your guard against something