English 1, 2, 3, and 4 Spelling #28, 2012
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English 1, 2, 3, and 4 Spelling #28, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 contemptuous | scornful |
| deficit | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required |
| hiatus | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
| laudable | worthy of high praise |
| prestigious | having an illustrious reputation |
| parlance | a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language |
| quantified | determine; indicate, Measured |
| keen | a funeral lament sung with loud wailing |
| minting | the process of making coins |
| valuating | placing a value on |
| inflationary | tending to increase prices and decrease the purchasing power of money |
| penny-ante | any business arrangement or transaction involving a trifling or paltry sum of money. |
| demonetizing | depriving of value |
| incorrigible | impervious to correction by punishment |
| inclement | (of weather of climate) physically severe |
| insomnia | an inability to sleep |
| indolent | disinclined to work or exertion |
| insuperable | impossible to surmount |
| insipid | lacking interest or significance |
| incognito | without revealing one's identity |
| incongruous | out of place, lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness |
| brazenly | boldly; shamelessly |
| mortified | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride |
| cede | relinquish possession or control over |
| abject | most unfortunate or miserable |
| baleful | deadly or sinister |
| discourse | extended verbal expression in speech or writing |
| humor | (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state |
| confute | prove to be false |
| curiously | in a manner differing from the usual or expected |
| receipt | an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made; prescription |
| facile | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively |
| hortatives | giving strong encouragement |
| quarrel | have a disagreement over something |
| rail | complain bitterly |
| hermaphroditical | having both male and female sex organs. |
| terrestrial | of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; on land. |
| celestial | of heaven or the spirit |
| pernicious | exceedingly harmful |
| abjure | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| peremptory | not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink |
| perfunctory | hasty and without attention to detail |
| belligerent | someone who fights (or is fighting); being ready to fight |
| satyagraha | the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms |
| atrocious | exceptionally bad or displeasing |
| scaffold | a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) |
| affinity | a natural attraction or feeling of kinship |
| alleviation | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) |
| anomaly | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
| apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
| demeanor | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| equivocal | open to two or more interpretations |
| inordinate | beyond normal limits |
| insipid | not pleasing to the sense of taste |
| pertinacity | persistent determination |
| vagary | an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.) |
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