Eng Vocab 45+
Terms
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- harangue
- a speech, to the public, can be a written criticizm, bad criticizm
- maticulous
- extremely or excessively careful and precise
- abstract
- an idea; not concrete; in theory; a concept
- fallacious
- to deceive or mislead; fake or mistaken; incorrect; leading down wrong path of thought
- juxtapose
- to place side by side to make a point
- geaner
- together, to collect, to keep, to store
- daunted
- intimidated or discourraged by someone or something; conquered
- castigate
- to criticize severely; to belittle; to scold; to punish severely; spoken; harsh words
- desalatory
- no method; by accident; no plan
- heed
- to give consideration; to pay attention; to listen to
- malice
- a desire to harm others or to see others suffer
- lament
- to express griefly about; to mourn
- hypocrite
- a person with a false appearance; actions don't meet words; actions and words are contrary
- incorrigible
- incapable of being corrected or reformed
- circumspect
- careful about potential consequences; prudent
- legacy
- money or property bequethed in a will; something handed down from an ancestor
- bequethe
- to pass down or hand down; to give via a will
- chasten
- to correct by punishment; to restrain or subdue
- brevity
- brief length of time; something expressed concisely
- emulate
- conscious effort; to equal or surpass; imatation; great drive to exceed...
- denounce
- to condemn openely as being evil; to accuse
- foment
- to promote growth, to stir up (emotionally); to rouse
- immutable
- unchangeable; not capable of change; not susceptible to change
- lucid
- easily understood; cross-minded; rational
- furtive
- done by stealth; sly; sneaky; probably slightly illegal
- inadvertent
- not duly attentive; accidental
- deride
- to speak about or to treat someone with hurtful laughter; to make fun of
- enhance
- make great in value, reputation, usefulness
- Impede
- to obstruct the progress of something
- listless
- lethargic, energyless
- inchoate
- an initial or early stage
- efficacy
- effectiveness; accomplishment; desired outcome; intentional
- candor
- honesty or sincerity of expression; without holding back; spoken words
- acquiescent
- giving in to avoid some consequences
- meager
- deficient in quantity; scanty
- flacid
- lacking force; lacking muscle tone; lacking strength
- belligerent
- eager to argue or fight; aggresive; warlike; physical
- baleful
- a warning of evil: ominous or threatening; a bad omen
- aloof
- removed; indifferent; detached; emo
- gullible
- easily ricked, easily cheated, fall for anything
- advocate
- to stand up for someone; speak on there behalf to support someone
- irony
- unexpected; the opposite of what is expected; the reader knows something the character doesn't
- excentric
- a diversion from the normal; unusual; off cetner; strongly individual
- girth
- measure of waistline, something used to fasten
- jocular
- given to or marked by joking (not mean)
- jaundice
- yellow (n) ; to prejudice (v)
- magmanious
- charitable; generous and noble
- hierarchy
- a classification of people or things; rank; ability; economics, social or proffesional