vocabulary midterms
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- Folly
- a thoughtless or reckless idea
- Commodity
- something that people value or find useful
- Facades
- appearance is false or meant to deceive you
- Portentous
- very serious and significant
- Miscreant
- a dishonest person
- Estuary
- the wide lower course of a river where the tide flows
- Perversion
- A sexual practice considered unusual or unacceptable.
- jabber
- to talk rapidly and excitedly
- Cynical
- doubting human nature the motives, goodness, or sincerity of others.
- impromptu
- unplanned
- Partition
- divider
- Bureaucratic
- administrative
- Waning
- to decrease gradually
- Guise
- a false outward appearance
- Desiccated
- free from moisture
- Illustrious
- renowned.
- Phallus
- a picture, sculpture, or other representation of a penis, especially one regarded as a symbol of the reproductive force of life.
- Chortled
- to express with a gleeful chuckle
- drab
- uninteresting to look at
- Brocaded
- a heavy silk, cotton, or woolen fabric
- incredulous
- unbelievable
- Waxing
- the act or process of applying wax, as in polishing or filling.
- Cascades
- a small waterfall or series of waterfalls
- Scrum
- a disorderly struggle
- Conveyances
- the transportation or transmission of something from one place to another
- Queue
- A line
- Desist
- to stop doing something
- Makeshift
- substitute
- Garish
- excessively ornate or elaborate.
- Enterprising
- showing initiative and a willingness to undertake new projects.
- Sordid
- demonstrating the worst aspects of human nature
- rebuked
- to criticize or reprimand somebody
- Muddle
- to mix things together in a confused or disordered way
- Bittersweet
- causing feelings of happiness and sadness at the same time
- Antithesis
- The complete or exact opposite of something
- Bunk
- a simple narrow bed
- Provision
- A preparatory step taken to meet a possible or expect need
- Edification
- instruction or enlightenment
- Altruistic
- unselfish concern
- brooding
- Preoccupied
- fickleness
- likely to change,especially in affections
- Quota
- a proportional share of something that somebody should contribute
- Temperamental
- easily upset
- Charlatan
- somebody who falsely claims to have special skill or expertise.
- Deadpan
- without showing any expression
- Dubious
- unpredictable
- Sneered
- A facial expression of scorn or hostility in which the upper lip may be raised.
- Ignoble
- lowness or meanness
- ambiguity
- vague
- Saga
- a complicated series of events
- Anecdote
- a short personal account of an incident or event.
- daunted
- to make somebody feel intimidated
- restive
- uneasy and on the verge of resisting control
- sombre
- dark and dull
- Erudite
- having or showing great knowledge
- Deviation
- departure from a standard norm
- implacable
- impossible to reduce in strength