English Review 2
Terms
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- diatribe
- a bitter or angry attack in speech or writing
- sanctuary
- shelter
- ascend
- to rise, to go up
- afflict
- to trouble greatly, to distress
- sinister
- evil, ominous
- beseige
- to surrround, to hem in
- ubiquitous
- being everywhere at the same time
- remote
- distant, hidden away
- harbinger
- a forerunner, advance notice
- malignant
- likely to cause death
- excrutiating
- agonizing, torturing
- fretful
- worisome, irritable
- succumb
- to give way, to yield
- impressario
- one who presents cultural events; organizer
- adverse
- unfavorable, harmful
- bigot
- a narrow-minded, prejudiced person
- blatant
- disagreeably loud, very showy
- solicit
- to beg or seek earnestly
- vexatious
- annoying
- inclement
- infavorable, stormy
- cognizant
- having knowledge, aware
- flout
- to openly oppose; to defy; scoff at
- exacerbate
- to make worse, to aggravate
- placable
- easily calmed or pacified; tolerant
- indigent
- poor
- monolithic
- massive, solid, and uniform
- reprehensible
- deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- skirmish
- a fight; any brisk conflict or encounter
- stymie
- to hinder, block, or thwart
- turbulent
- causing unrest or disturbance