English II Quiz 12/17/07
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- schadenfreude
- n; pleasure/satisfaction derived from the misfortune of others
- prudent
- adj; wise and/or judicious
- vindictive
- adj; disposed or inclined to revenge
- vexed
- adj; distressed to a point resembling anger as a result of stress, pressure, or provocation
- reboantic
- adj; resounding loudly
- laceration
- n; a rough. jagged tear or wound
- squalor
- adj; unclear or clouded; thick or dense as smoke or cloud; confused, muddled, disturbed
- maw
- n; a large, cavernous opening, usually resembling or refering to the mouth of carniverous animal
- pallor
- n; extreme paleness, usually from fear, illness, death, or from being an albino
- malignant
- adj; feeling or desiring to show ill will or hatred
- mattock
- n; an instrument used for loosening soil in digging, which resembles a pickax, except has one end broad and hammer, reather than pointed
- avaricious
- adj; desiring to possess more than what one is entitled to, usually with an illicit manner