12th grade English
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- distraught
- (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
- verdant
- (adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment
- Arrogate
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
- dissemble
- disguise; pretend
- Invidious
- causing animosity or resentment, hateful; offensive
- Articulate
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- verbiage
- Use of many words without necessity.
- celerity
- (n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
- temporize
- to stall
- histrionic
- characteristic of acting or a stage performance
- Primordial
- first created or developed, existing in or from the very beginning
- substantiate
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- Murky
- so shaded as to be dark or gloomy
- unwonted
- (adj.) not usual or expected; not in character
- Banal
- hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\'ed
- maelstrom
- (n) a whirlpool or great size and violence; a situation resmebling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
- Largesse
- (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
- avid
- (adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager...like enthusiastic
- incendiary
- capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
- Piquant
- stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative
- halcyon
- (n) a legendary bird identifid with the kingfisher (adj) of or relating to the halcyon;calm,peaceful; happy golden prosperous
- myopic
- (adj) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking foresight
- devious
- (adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
- decry
- condemn: express strong disapproval of
- animadversion
- (n) a comment indicating strong criticism or dissaproval
- Propinquity
- nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
- Carping
- fault finding, petty criticism
- Belabor
- to work at or to absurd length
- Credence
- acceptance as true or valid, belief, trustworthyness
- gambit
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- utopian
- (adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical
- brackish
- somewhat salty; also, distasteful.
- viscous
- having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity
- Accost
- approach and speak first to a person
- tenable
- (adj.) capable of being held or defended
- acquisitive
- (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
- taciturn
- habitually silent, talking little
- Cavort
- to bound or prance about.
- Nefarious
- extremely wicked
- reconnaissance
- survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)