English Cherry Vocab
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- Subterfuge
- A deception
- Ruse
- a trick
- Druthers
- one’s own preference, choice, or way.
- Macrame
- an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, et
- Lacquer
- a protective varnish often used as a finish / protective coating
- Keen
- to cry or lament
- Pathos
- the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
- Wheedle
- to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth flattering or beguiling words or acts; To persuade(Class Definition: to pry
- Stoic
- Not showing one's feelings
- Nihilist
- one who believes in nothing
- Topiary
- (of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes
- Comport
- to behave
- Soliloquy
- the act of talking while or as if alone
- Capricious
- subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim
- Sepulchral
- of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb; tomb-like.
- Portent
- an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous
- Prattle
- to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
- Ostensible
- outwardly appearing to be true; professed
- Cloven
- cleft or split; divided
- Bonafied
- made, done, presented; proven
- Axiom
- a self-evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle or rule
- Feckless
- ineffective; incompetent; futile
- Dearth
- Scarcity
- Tensile
- of or pertaining to the act of stretching or straining.
- Certitude
- freedom from doubt, esp. in matters of faith or opinion
- Volition
- the act of willing, choosing or resolving; will
- Diffidence
- the quality or state of lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid, shy
- Invective
- harsh ridicule