English III—Final Test
Terms
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- acute
- keen; sharp
- impregnable
- impossible to capture or enter by force
- appreciable
- measurable
- superficial
- not profound; shallow
- averted
- turned away; prevented
- obliterate
- erase or destroy
- inherent
- inborn; built-in
- tread
- step; walk
- deferential
- showing respect or courteous regard
- potent
- powerful or effective
- tumultuous
- violent; greatly agitated or disturbed
- transient
- temporary; passing quickly or soon
- afforded
- gave; provided
- posterity
- generations to come
- penitent
- sorry for doing wrong
- caper
- foolish prank
- imparted
- revealed
- insuperable
- incapable of being overcome
- venerable
- worthy of respect, usually by reason of age
- effectual
- productive; efficient
- ponderous
- very heavy
- resolute
- determined; resolved; unwavering
- effete
- sterile; unproductive
- lucid
- clearheaded; not confused
- lethargy
- abnormal drowsiness
- precarious
- uncertain; insecure; risky
- ponders
- thinks deeply
- impetuous
- impulsive
- malign
- harmful; evil
- poignant
- emotionally moving
- resolved
- made a decision; determined
- distressed
- suffering; troubled
- conjectured
- guessed; predicted
- singular
- remarkable
- gyration
- circular movement; whirling
- impulse
- sudden desire or urge
- sentinel
- guard; sentry
- interminable
- endless; seeming to last forever
- ethereal
- not earthly; spiritual
- blithe
- carefree
- intent
- purposeful
- melancholy
- sad; gloomy
- gaudy
- showy but lacking in good taste
- alacrity
- promptness in responding; eagerness
- cunning
- sly or crafty
- conceive
- think; imagine
- veritable
- genuine; true
- perverted
- misdirected; corrupted
- avarice
- greed
- appalling
- frightful
- laborious
- difficult; involving much hard work
- illumined
- lighted up
- attributed
- thought of as resulting from
- inextricable
- unable to be freed or disentangled from
- pauper
- extremely poor person
- preposterous
- ridiculous
- perverse
- odd; contrary
- temporal
- temporary
- judicious
- cautious; wise
- render
- make
- prevalent
- widely existing: frequent
- insurrection
- rebellion; revolt
- perilous
- dangerous
- deference
- respect
- profoundly
- deeply
- solemn
- serious
- tranquil
- calm; quiet
- garrulous
- talking a great deal, especially about unimportant things
- circumvent
- avoid by cleverness or deceit
- acrid
- bitter; irritating
- brazenness
- boldness
- impervious
- resistant; incapable of being penetrated
- parsimony
- stinginess
- persistent
- continuing
- expedient
- convenience; means to an end
- integrity
- sound moral principles; honesty
- manifest
- plain; clear
- infamous
- having a bad reputation; disgraceful
- encompassed
- surrounded; enclosed
- reveling
- taking pleasure
- comply
- obey; agree to a request
- superfluous
- more than is needed or wanted; useless
- hail
- greet
- realm
- kingdom
- compelled
- driven; forced
- remitted
- canceled; refrained from enforcing payment
- avarice
- greed
- provocation
- something that stirs up action or feeling
- pertinent
- to the point; applying to the situation
- malice
- ill will; desire to harm
- dilapidated
- partially ruined; in need of repair
- interpose
- put forth in order to interfere
- exalted
- lifted up
- virulent
- full of hate; venomous
- intimated
- stated indirectly; hinted
- oscillation
- regular back-and-forth movement
- incessantly
- without stopping
- proximity
- nearness
- appointed
- assigned
- fervently
- with intense feeling
- derision
- ridicule; contempt
- fastidious
- difficult to please; critical
- tumultuous
- noisy and disorderly; stormy
- unnerve
- cause to lose one's courage
- perennial
- persistent; constant
- pivotal
- central; acting as a point around which other things turn
- veracious
- honest; truthful
- transcendent
- excelling; surpassing
- archaic
- old-fashioned
- imperceptible
- not clear or obvious to the senses or mind
- imputed
- credited; assigned
- encumbrance
- burden; hindrance
- eradication
- utter destruction; obliteration
- effaced
- erased; wiped out
- occult
- hidden
- infamous
- having a bad reputation
- prostrate
- lying flat
- integrate
- unify
- solemnity
- seriousness
- effervescent
- bubbling up; foaming
- conviction
- fixed or strong belief
- expiring
- dying
- admonishing
- gently warning
- delusion
- false belief or opinion
- abrasion
- scrape
- stagnant
- not flowing or moving
- vindicated
- proved correct