English Vocab
Terms
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- Abolish
- verb,to do away with
- Alcove
- noun, recess; nook
- Archaic
- adjective, Out of date
- Adherent
- noun, Stick fast; give support to
- Balk
- verb, Stop and refuse to move forward
- Advocate
- noun, Person who supports a cause
- Contempt
- noun, Scorn
- Clandestinely
- adjective, Secret
- Construct
- verb, Build
- Corrugated
- verb, Make parallel ridges or wrinkles
- Defiler
- noun, One who ruins by making dirty or corrupt
- Dupes
- noun, Person easily tricked
- Derisive
- adjective, Contemptuous or mocking
- Din
- noun, Confused clamor
- Dissemble
- verb, To disguise one's feelings
- Equivocal
- adjective, Doubtful
- Ecstasy
- noun, Overpowering joy
- Eddies
- noun, little whirlpool
- Furtive
- adjective, Sly, secretive
- Formidable
- adjective, Hard to overcome
- Hideous
- adjective,Horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly
- Inscrutable
- adjective, Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable
- Interminable
- adjective, Incapable of being terminated; unending
- Lucid
- adjective, Easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
- Loathing
- noun, Strong dislike or disgust
- Nebulous
- adjective, Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
- Odious
- adjective, Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
- Parody
- verb, A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
- Orthodox
- adjective, Of, pertaining to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- Refute
- verb, To prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or change
- Sabotage
- noun, Any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- Strident
- adjective, Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking
- Sordid
- adjective, Morally ignoble or base; vile
- Urbane
- adjective, Having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities
- Vindictiveness
- adjective, Disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful
- Vivid
- adjective, Strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.
- Vista
- noun, A view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses
- Voluptuously
- adjective, Full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment
- Wispy
- adjective, Being a wisp or in wisps
- Plausible
- adjective, Having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible, believable