English Exam Vocab
Carver English (LOTF & VOCAB BOOK)
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- Ogre
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Educe
- To draw out.
- Flux
- in constant change
- Elite
- selected as the best
- Advocate
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- Mandarin
- a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
- Allude
- refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference
- Entity
- that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
- Cadaverous
- Resembling a corpse.
- Bibliophile
- someone who loves (and usually collects) books
- nepotism
- favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
- Glean
- to collect bit by bit
- jaded
- exhausted
- Feign
- to pretend
- Bandy
- discuss lightly
- Imbibe
- take in liquids
- Dastardly
- sneaking and cowardly; shameful
- Hovel
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- Gothic
- a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries
- Enmity
- deep, seeated hatred; state of being an enemy
- Imbue
- suffuse with color
- Beget
- to produce or make happen
- charisma
- divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism
- glutinous
- Sticky.
- Gaff
- an iron hook with a handle
- Declaim
- speak against in an impassioned manner
- Begrudge
- be envious of
- Penury
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- Desist
- stop cease, discontinue
- Efface
- remove completely from recognition or memory
- gist
- (n.) the essential part, main point, or essence
- chafe
- cause friction
- Egress
- the act of coming (or going) out
- Daunt
- intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten
- gird
- to prepare for an event or an action
- Felicity
- pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
- Effrontery
- rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek
- Despot
- a cruel and oppressive dictator
- Mesmerize
- To hypnotize.
- Quaff
- to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught