Vocab Lessons 25-28
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leximendolia on April 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cede | to yield; give up control over or surrender possession of by treaty |
| concede | to admit, often reluctantly, that something is true or right; acknowledge defeat; to yield or grant rights or privileges |
| deceased | no longer living; dead; a dead person |
| egress | path or opening for going out, an exit; act of coming or going; to go out |
| gradation | systematic progression; series of gradual changes; a passing, by almost imperceptible degrees from one tone or shade to another |
| gradient | rate of inclination; slope |
| predecessor | someone or something that comes before another |
| regress | to go back to a previous, often worse or less developed state; to revert |
| transgress | to go beyond a limit or boundary; break a law or code |
| unprecedented | not done or known before; without previous example |
| concurrent | happening at the same time, simultaneous |
| courier | messenger carrying information or important documents |
| cursory | done quickly and not thoroughly; hasty |
| discursive | moving from one topic to another without order, rambling; coming to a conclusion by reasoning, analytical |
| incur | to bring about something undesirable as a result of one's own actions |
| incursion | an aggressive attack or invasion of territory |
| precursor | something or someone that comes before another; a forerunner or predecessor |
| recourse | the act of turning to someone or something for help or security; someone or something that is turned to for help or security |
| recurrent | happening repeatedly; occurring over and over again |
| succor | assistance in a time of need, relief; to provide assistance in time of need |
| apathy | lack of feeling; lack of concern or interest |
| assent | to agree to something; agreement |
| empathy | an identification with and understanding of other people's feelings and situations |
| pathetic | arousing compassion or pity |
| pathology | scientific study of disease; signs of disease; an abnormal, usually negative, state |
| presentiment | a sense that something is about to occur |
| sensational | causing strong feelings of curiosity or interest by giving exaggerated or shocking details; wonderful or outstanding |
| sensibility | acute intellectual or emotional perception or feeling; awareness and responsiveness toward something, sensitivity; ability to feel or perceive |
| sententious | energetic and concise in expression, saying meaningful things precisely; prone to pompous moralizing or giving advice in a self-righteous way |
| sentient | capable or perceiving and feeling; conscious |
| ensue | occur as a consequence or result of something else; take place subsequently, follow |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very brief time; fleeting; transitory |
| harbinger | a person or thing that signals or foreshadows what is to come; to signal the approach of, warn |
| imminent | about to occur; impending |
| interim | period of time between two events; temporary, not final |
| interminable | being or seeming to be without end; endless; tiresomely long |
| perennial | enduring, recurring or long-lasting; plant that grows each year |
| precipitate | cause to happen suddenly; throw forcefully downward; sudden and unexpected |
| provisional | serving only for the time being, temporary |
| retrospective | looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past; an exhibit or a performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable time period |
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