Jessica P 7-8
Terms
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- ambivalwnt
- uncertain
- autonomous
- acting independently
- benign
- none harmful
- circumscribe
- to draw a line around restrict
- concord
- agreement
- dearth
- lack of
- defame
- to ruin the good name of
- dissipate
- to thin out
- enfranchise
- to grant a citzenship of
- exculpate
- free from blame
- hackneyed
- overused
- hapless
- unlucky
- heresy
- belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
- hermetic
- airtight
- heyday
- golden times
- hiatus
- break usually from work
- hierarchy
- organization based on ranks
- histrionic
- overly dramatic
- homogeneous
- same
- hypothetical
- unproven
- garrulous
- talkative
- genre
- type
- genteel
- polite
- gesticulate
- gestures
- glut
- over abundance
- grandiose
- rediculously exaggerated
- gratuitous
- uncalled for
- gravity
- seriousness
- gregarious
- socialable
- guile
- cunning
- abash
- embarress
- abdicate
- to step down a position of power or authority
- abridge
- to shorten
- absolve
- forgive
- abysmal
- horrible
- accolade
- award of honer
- acute
- sharp
- adamant
- stubborn
- adherent
- follower
- adverse
- unfavorable
- affinity
- attraction to
- affluent
- rich
- aloof
- uninvolved
- ambiguous
- unclear in meaning
- amiable
- friendly
- amorphous
- shapeless
- animosity
- hatered
- antipathy
- dislike
- apocryphal
- fake
- archaic
- old
- clique
- exclusive group bond together by shared interest
- cognizant
- aware
- colloquial
- in formal un language
- concise
- brief to the point
- conducive
- premoting
- connoisseur
- expert in food or art
- corroborate
- support with evidence
- covert
- secret
- culpable
- able to be blamed
- cynic
- someone who distrust human nature
- banal
- original
- belabor
- continued
- belligerent
- arguementative
- benevolent
- kind
- bequest
- something left behind in a will
- blatant
- offensive,noisey
- blight
- disease in plants, anything that causes harm
- brevity
- briefness
- bucolic
- country like, rural
- bureaucracy
- a system of gov. and marked by lots a rules and red tape.
- cacophony
- a harsh sounding mixture of voices, words or noises
- cajole
- to persuade someone to do something she doesn't want to do
- candor
- truthfulness
- capricious
- unpredictable
- cerebral
- brainy
- chagrin
- embarrisment
- charisma
- charm
- choleric
- ill temper
- chronicle
- record events in time order
- circumvent
- to fustrate goin garound the question
- fastidious
- demanding pickie and phincky
- felonious
- chriminal
- finesse
- clearness
- fissure
- cravace
- flippant
- indifferent
- flux
- change
- formidable
- challenging
- fradulent
- fake
- frivolous
- unimportant
- futile
- useless
- eccentric
- noncoventional
- eclectic
- drawn from many sources
- egocentric
- selfish
- emulate
- to model by imitation
- enigma
- a mystery
- epitome
- a perfect example
- equitable
- equal
- euphemism
- a pleasent expression use in place of an unpleasent expression
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- exemplify
- to be a perfect example of
- debacle
- violent breakdown
- decimate
- to kill or destroy part of
- delineate
- to draw an outline
- delude
- to deceive
- derogatory
- offensive
- dictum
- saying
- digress
- to go off from main topic
- discern
- decphering
- dissminate
- spread
- dubious
- uncertain full of doubt