English Midterms Vocab
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- sagacious
- having a keen sense of perception; wise or discerning
- debonair
- gentle; courteous; charming; of good upbringing.
- defunct
- having ceased to exist or live
- facilitate
- to assist or make easier
- obstinate
- sticking to an opinion or course of action despite reason; stubborn
- virtuoso
- one who is a master in the art of something
- cantankerous
- ill-natured and quarrelsome
- malleable
- bendable or able to be formed by pressure
- macabre
- having death as the subject; dwelling on the grotesque
- acumen
- keeness of insight; quickness and accuracy of judgement
- insidious
- alluring but harmful, attempting to work evil in a stealthy manner
- sedition
- conduct or language inciting rebellion against authority
- tenacity
- the condition or quality of persistence
- juxtapose
- to place side by dside for comparison or effect
- jocular
- inclined to joking; meant in jest
- ostentatious
- showy, boastful, attempting to impress
- nefarious
- extremely wicked or infamous; evil
- coalesce
- to grow together or come together as a whole
- austere
- harsh, strict, or severe in discipline
- euphoria
- happy feeling, strong feeling of bell-being, elation.
- dearth
- shortage, scarcity
- tyranny
- a government where absolute power is vested in a single controlling person
- oblivious
- unaware, unnoticing
- provincial
- narrow-minded, unsophisticated, rustic
- precarious
- unstable, uncertain, dangerous
- servile
- overly submissive, without strong will, like a servant
- capricious
- fickle, unpredictable, whimsical
- corroborate
- to confirm or to substantiate
- acquiesce
- to agree or consent to an opinion
- augment
- to increase or add to; make larger
- caustic
- burning; sarcastic; harsh
- depravity
- moral corruption; badness
- avert
- to prevent, turn away, to avoid
- altruistic
- showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
- divisive
- causing dissent, discord
- expunge
- to obliterate, eradicate. to erase or strike out
- hegemony
- domination over others
- heinous
- wicked, repugnant
- mercurial
- tempermental, quick to change
- quixotic
- idealistic without regard to practicality
- serendipity
- good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
- viscous
- syrupy, resistant to free flowing
- grandiose
- unnecessary or feigned greatness of scope or intent
- incendiary
- causing or capable of causing fire. inflammatory, causing action or rebellion
- blithe
- carefree and lighthearted; lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual
- ruminate
- to contemplate or reflect on over and over again in the mind
- debunk
- to expose or ridicule the falseness or exxagerated claims of a source
- elucidate
- to clarify, explain; to make more comprehensible
- obtuse
- lacking sharpness of intellect. blunt (as in an object)