English Vocab
80 word from Wordly Wise book 9
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- ubiquitous
- being present everywhere at once
- farce
- a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
- impoverish
- to make poor
- demise
- the time when something ends; death
- blight
- any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
- scintillate
- to flash or sparkle
- exhort
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- rift
- a split or crack
- accentuate
- to stress, single out as important
- novice
- someone new to a field or activity
- solicitous
- showing interest
- dote
- shower with love
- apropos
- at an opportune time
- impediment
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- trepidation
- a feeling of alarm or dread
- broach
- bring up a topic for discussion
- sordid
- dirty or disgusting
- zenith
- the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- revere
- to honor; to regard with respect
- resplendent
- having great beauty and splendor
- crusade
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- detract
- take away a part from
- disseminate
- cause to become widely known
- array
- an orderly arrangement
- repose
- to lie at rest
- inherent
- present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
- idyllic
- excellent and delightful in all respects
- parody
- a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
- vociferous
- conspicuously and offensively loud
- indolent
- lazy
- pensive
- deep in thought; dreamily thoughtful
- contravene
- go against, as of rules and laws
- encumber
- hold back
- sojourn
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- antecedent
- a thing or event that proceeds another
- discomfit
- cause to lose one's composure
- raucous
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- secular
- concerning those not members of the clergy
- truism
- an obvious truth
- disingenuous
- not straightforward or candid
- remunerate
- make payment to
- sagacious
- showing sound judgement; wise
- fraught
- marked by distress
- cynical
- believing the worst of human nature and motives
- vitriolic
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- demeanor
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- empathize
- be understanding of
- ostracize
- expel from a community or group
- deem
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- plumb
- measure the depth of something
- adage
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- belittle
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
- vindicate
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- destitute
- poor enough to need help from others
- refute
- prove to be false or incorrect
- integrity
- moral soundness
- travesty
- a distorted example
- traverse
- travel across
- myriad
- a large indefinite number
- eccentric
- not having a common center, odd
- definitive
- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
- decapitate
- cut the head of
- laggard
- someone who takes more time than necessary
- impervious
- incapable of being penetrated or affected
- wheedle
- influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- maxim
- a saying that widely accepted on its own merits
- paucity
- an insufficient quantity or number
- ribald
- humorously vulgar
- bewail
- regret strongly
- potential
- expected to become or be
- nondescript
- a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- lamentation
- a cry of sorrow and grief
- visceral
- obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
- injunction
- an order or command
- diffident
- lacking self-confidence
- solicit
- to ask in a formal way
- hubbub
- loud confused noise from many sources