Midterm english vocab
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- compliance
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n.
readiness to yield, conformity in fulfilling requirements - contentions
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adj.
quarrelsome - hamper
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v.
obstruct - defiled
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v
a narrow gorge or pass that restricts lateral movement, as of troops
a march in a line - deception
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n.
act of deceiv ing someone; fraud - discard
- lack of harmony; conflict
- deft
- dextrous, skillful
- dowager
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a widow endowed w/ property from her husband
a dignified- looking elderly woman - galvanize
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adj.
-shock or stimulate, as by electricity
-plate or coat w/ metal by means of electricty - voluble
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adj.
speaking fluently - effulgence
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n.
radiantly bright - foundered
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v.
fill and sink as a ship, fail utterly - voluted
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n.
a spiral or whorled formation - deranged
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adg.
disarrange, disorder the mind - resolute
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adj.
having a fixed purpose, unwavering - Ambivalence
- the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
- Pernicious
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adj.
tending to cause death or serious injury, deadly - quailed
- -to shrink back infear, cower
- contempt
- n- skorn, disdain
- amenable
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adj
-willing to agree, readily managed - defiance
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n.
-refusal to yield, resistance - indict
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v.
-charge - obdurate
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adj.
-hardened against feeling, hard hearted
- not giving into persuasion, intractable - availed
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v.
-To be of use or advantage
-to help - execrate
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v.
-to declare to be hateful
-to feel loathing for - servile
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submissive, slavish
a) of or suitable to a slave or servant
b) of or relating to servitude or forced labor - scourging
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n.
- a source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war
- A means of inflicting severe suffering
- A whip used to inflict punishment - ineffable
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adj.
incapable of being expressed, indescribable or unutterable - profligate
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adj.
-given over to dissipation, dissolute
-recklessly wasteful, wildly extravagant - admonished
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v.
-to reprove gently but earnestly
-to counsel (another) against something too be avoided, caution - morose
- sullenly melancholy, gloomy
- rouse, v
- to arouse from slumber, apath, or depression
- amenities
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n.
- the quality of being pleasant or attractive, agreeableness
-something that contributes to physical or material confort - vermillion
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n.
-a vivid red to reddish orange - volatile
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adj
-changeable, explosive - hindrance
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v.
-block, obstacle - indigent
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adj.
destitute, poor, needy - stratagems
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n.
-a m military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy - melamine
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n.
a white crystalline compound used in making melamine resins and for tanning leather - environs
- to encircle, sorround
- aversion
- firm dislike
- dismiss
- refuse to consider seriously
- commend
- praise, citeapprovingly, entrust
- assert
- state with confidence
- listlessly
- lack of energy
- degeneracy
- state of being degerneratred, corruption
- girded
- confine with a belt, make fast by binding, encircle
- inviolate
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not desecrated, infringed, impared
not to be violated - meek
- quiet and obedient, spiritless
- insolent
- contemptuously rude, disrespectful or insulting
- doff
- to take off (hat)
- manacled
- a shackle, handcuff,restrain, make fast or secure
- flourish
- thrive, prosper, be active
- facade
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the chief exterior face of a building
the superficial aspect of something - diffidence
- want of self-confidence, shyness
- coalesce
- combine; fuse
- adapt
- alter, modify
- paradox
- statement that looks false but is actually correct; a contradictory statement
- contagion
- infection
- sarcasm
- scornful remarks; stinging rebuke
- bias
- prejudice
- obscure
- dark;vague;unclear
- ambiguous
- unclear or doubtful in meaning
- conformity
- harmany, agreement with established standards
- vacillate
- waver, fluctuate
- contemplative
- thoughtful and observant, reflective
- didactic
- teaching, instructional
- condemnation
- strong censure of disapproval;judicial sentencing
- deficiency
- lack, inadequacy, weakness
- confirm
- corroborate, verify, support
- taciturn
- habitually silent, talking little
- serenity
- calmness, placidity
- refute
- disprove
- pretentious
- ostentatious, self-important, pompous, overly ambitious
- confine
- shut in, restrict
- determination
- resolve, measurement or calculation, decision
- precedent
- something precing in time that may be used as an aouthority or guide for future action
- inevitable
- unavoidable
- indifferent
- unmoved, lacking concern
- imperceptible
- unnoticable, undetectable
- imputation
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the act of imputing or ascribing, attribution
something imputed, ascribed, or attributed - exculpate
- to clear of guilt or blame
- immutable
- not subject or susceptable to change
- infernal
- of or relating to hell, diabolical
- redress
- to make amends to; to adjust
- perdition
- loss of the soul, eternal damnation
- prudence
- the state, quality or fact of being prudent
- cudgel
- a short heavy stick, a club
- vigor
- active strength
- brittle
- easily broken, difficult
- alleviate
- relieve
- agressor
- attacker
- alienate
- make hostile, separate
- congenial
- pleasant, friendly
- degenerate
- become worse, deteriorate
- digression
- wandering away from the subject
- disinterested
- unprejudiced
- disperse
- scatter
- enhance
- advance; improve
- ingenious
- clever
- symmetry
- arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained
- monotony
- sameness leading to boredom
- momentous
- very importnat
- innovative
- novel, introducing a change
- immune
- exempt
- humble
- modest, not proud
- eclipse
- darken;extinguish
- compromise
- adjust or settel by making mutual concessions
- comparable
- similar
- censor
- to examine in order to suppress contents considered objectionable
- benign
- kindly, faborable, not maligant
- benevolent
- generous, charitable
- beneficial
- helpful, useful
- implication
- taht which is hinted at or suggested
- candor
- frankness
- vulnerable
- susceptable to wounds
- inconsolably
- unable to console someone
- miniscule
- very small, tiny
- cul-de-sac
- a dead-end street
- onomatopoeic
- the formation or use of words such as buzz that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions or actions they refer to
- nomenclature
- a system of names used in art of science
- oblong
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deviating from a square
oval - assimilation
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the act or process of assimilating
the state of being assimilated - pensive
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deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thooughtful
suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness - sartorial
- pertaint to a tailor or his work
- tawny
- a light brown to brownish orange
- tumeric
- indian plant used for making a condiment, a yellow dye.
- retract
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to take back, disabow
to draw back or in - endorse
- approve, support
- heed
- pay attention to, consider
- incongruity
- lack of harmony, absurdity
- recluse
- hermit
- laud
- praise
- dismay
- discourage, frighten
- embossed
- represent in raised designes or relief
- naivete
- quality of being unsophisticated
- philanthropist
- lover of mankind, doer of good
- impudence
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the quality of being offensively bold
offensively bold behavior