Mrs. Hunter Final.vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dawdle | to waste time |
| fawn | to act slavishly submissive |
| berate | to scold or rebuke severely and at length |
| pacify | to calm down |
| garble | to mix-up or distort |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| filch | to steal |
| patrician | an aristocrat |
| fracas | a loud quarrel or fight |
| lacerate | to tear (flesh) jaggedly |
| futile | useless; pointless |
| immaculate | spotless; perfect |
| carp | to complain or find fault in a petty or hagging way |
| query | to ask; inquire |
| queue | a line of people or vehicles |
| nefarious | very wicked; notorious |
| facade | a deceptive outward appearance; a misrepresentation |
| deluge | a flood; an overwhelming rush |
| eerie | weird; mysterious; strange and frightening |
| martial | warlike; military |
| beneficiary | one who receives benefits |
| pall | something that covers or conceals |
| havoc | great destruction; chaos |
| rancid | having a bad taste or smell; spoiled |
| humane | kind; compassionate |
| defunct | no longer in existence |
| impertinent | rude and disrespectful |
| haughty | arrogant; proud |
| lethal | deadly; fatal |
| jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people |
| judicious | showing sound judgment |
| foible | a minor weakness in character |
| benediction | the act of blessing |
| frivolous | trivial; silly |
| alacrity | liveliness; willingness; eagerness |
| deify | to make a god of; to look upon or worship as a god |
| impel | push into motion |
| harp | to persist in talking continuously (on or about something) |
| pallid | pale; faint in color |
| deplete | to use up gradually |
| feisty | aggresive' lively; energetic |
| nadir | lowest point |
| equivocal | ambiguous; intentionally vague |
| impervious | incapable of being affected |
| filial | relating or, or befitting a son or daughter |
| obeisance | a bow or similar gesture expressing deep respect |
| cache | a concealed store of goods or valuables |
| affliction | anything causing great suffering |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (especially of fluids) |
| paean | a fervent expression, or song, of joy or praise |
| lax | careless or negligent |
| pariah | a social outcast |
| cavort | to leap about in a sprightly manner; romp |
| pedagogue | a school teacher |
| ensue | to follow as a result |
| desecrate | to damage a holy place; to treat with irreverence |
| aloof | reserved; distant |
| gyrate | to rotate or revolve quickly; to spiral |
| fiat | an official order |
| zaftig | having a full, shapely fiqure |
| faux | artificial; false; not genuine |
| gratis | free; without charge |
| progeny | offspring; children |
| monolithic | massive, uniform and solid |
| tantamount | of essentially equal value or significance |
| subversive | in opposition to authority or government |
| sedentary | characterized by or requiring sitting; motionless |
| rigorous | severe; relentless; harsh |
| patina | a sheen on the surface resulting from age and use |
| placebo | a fake drug used in the testing of medication |
| junta | a military group ruling a country after seizing power |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow; mournful |
| impass | a problem or predicament with no obvious resolution |
| acumen | ability to disern or discriminate; shrewdness |
| maladorous | having an offensive oder |
| pungent | a sharp taste; acrid |
| erroneous | incorrect; mistakin |
| confute | to argue or point out error |
| dynasty | a succsesion of rulers from the same family or group |
| purport | to claim; to have a or to give the false impression of being |
| forte | an area of expertise or strength |
| botch | to ruin through clumsiness; to bungle |
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