Daily Activities 3rd Quarter Test
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KingK on March 17, 2007
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This is to study vocabulary for the 3rd quarter DA test.
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Miss Mowry's Class & other ppl, Frank's awesome group, Weesnaw, Ms. Brashears' Amazingly Great class!, sage canyons awesome chitter chatters!!!!!!!!!!, JAM and BLAH (see more)
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39 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Euphemism | (n) The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered blunt or offensive. |
| Fetid | (adj) Very bad smell. |
| Lethargic | (adj) Sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy. |
| Prudent | (adj) Wise in practicle matters. |
| Rescind | (v) To repeal or annul. |
| Irascible | (adj) Prone to outburts of temper. |
| Redolent | (adj) Strongly scented; aromatic. |
| Pejorative | (adj) Tending to make or become worse. |
| Tome | (n) A book, especially a large or scolarly one. |
| Virulent | (adj) Extreemly infectius, harmul, or poisenous, as a disease or toxin. |
| Tawdry | (adj) Gaudy and cheap. |
| Rambunctious | (adj) Boisterous and disorderly. |
| Anachronism | (n) Representation of something as existing or happening outside of its historical order. |
| Eccentric | (adj) Departing from a conventional pattern. |
| Perulant | (adj) Unreasonalby irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. |
| Precocious | (adj) Marked by unusual early devolopment or maturity. |
| Ubiquitous | (adj) Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time. |
| Progeny | (n) Offspring or descendents. |
| Pugnacius | (adj) Combative in nature, belligerent. |
| Abhor | (v) To regard with loathing; detest. |
| Chicanery | (n) Deception by trickery. |
| Shirk | (v) To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility). |
| Cacophony | (n) Jarring, discodant sound; dissonance. |
| Banal | (adj) Completely ordinary and commonplace; trite. |
| Vacillate | (v) To waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute. |
| Acuiesce | (v) To consent or comply without protest. |
| Magnanimous | (adj) Generous and noble, especially in forgiving. |
| Ameliorate | (v) To make or become better, improve. |
| Facilitate | (v) To make easier, assist. |
| Scrupulous | (adj) Conscientious; painstaking. |
| Capricious | (adj) Impulsive and unpredictable. |
| Catatonic | (n) Scitifrania, zoned out state. |
| Egregious | (adj) Conspicously bad or offensive. |
| Reticent | (adj) Inclined to keep one's personal affairs to oneself. |
| Exacerbate | (v) To increase the severity of, agrivate. |
| Infalliable | (adj) Incapable of erring. |
| Chiffarobe | (n) Furniture with swinging doors with hangers and shelves; armoire. |
| Mollify | (v) To placte, soothe. |
| Expedient | (adj) appropiate to a situation. |
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