english 9 vocabulary list 8
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- animated
- filled with life; lively; seeming alive; lifelike
- apathy
- lack of emotion or feeling; indifference; lack of interest; concern or spirit
- benign
- not harmful, gentle, good nature
- buoyant
- able to float; able to bounce back after a reverse or setback; cheerful
- cascade
- a small, steep waterfall; something that falls in a manner similar to that of a waterfall; to fall or drop with a rushing movement
- congruent
- in agreement; harmonious; corresponding
- incandescent
- glowing with intense heat; very bright; shining brilliant; describing alight bulb that produces light with a filament in a vacuum
- incessant
- unceasing; never stopping
- induction
- the act of enrolling or bringing someone into a group, or of formally placing in office; the process of arriving at a generalization from facts or example
- inverse
- inverted; reversed; opposite; the opposite
- invigorating
- giving vigor to; enlightening; filling with energy
- jaunt
- a short pleasant trip; excursion; to make a short tri
- murky
- dark; gloomy, misty, hard to understand
- nauseate
- to make sick, to cause to feel nausea
- opaque
- not letting light through; not transparent; hard to understand
- oppressive
- tyrannical; hard to take; mentally or physically distressing
- pungent
- sharply affecting the sense of taste or smell; sharp; keen; biting
- ravenous
- extremely hungry; predatory; greed
- repast
- a meal; food eaten at a meals
- tantalizing
- tempting; tormenting or teasing by keeping something in sight but out of reach