English Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atrophy | decaying, the wasting away of a body organ or tissue, decline, failure, degeneration, deterioration, wither |
| avid | desirous, keen, enthusiastic, grasping, intensely eager |
| banal | common, ordinary, commonplace, hackneyed, trite, stale, insipid |
| bastion | stronghold, a fortified place, citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet |
| belabor | overwork, to work on excessively |
| carping | nagging, nit-picking, caviling |
| celerity | speed, swiftness, rapidity of motion or action, alacrity |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid; thicken, harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
| credence | belief, acceptance, credit, trust, confidence |
| decry | to condemn, disapproval, denounce, censure, devalue |
| dissemble | to disguise, conceal, give a false impression, dissimulate, mask, feign |
| depraved | evil, perverted, corruption, degenerate, visious, corrupt |
| distraught | frantic, distracted, very much agitated or upset |
| emulate | copy, mimic, to imitate with the intent of equaling surpassing the model. |
| enervate | to weaken, to loosen, enfeeble, impair, cripple, paralyze |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, abstain from, steer clear of, forgo, stay away |
| evince | to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke, exhibit, manifest |
| exigency | urgency, pressure, urgent demand, need, emergency, requirement, crisis |
| feckless | lacking in spirit or strength, ineffective, weak, irresponsible, unreliable, feeble, helpless, imcompetent, |
| fecund | fertile, fruitful in offspring or vegetation, intellectually productive, teeming, prolific |
| fiat | edict, dictum, ukase, order or decree, command or act of will |
| frenetic | frenzied, frantic, overwrought |
| gambit | strategm, ploy, ruse, manuver |
| garner | to cull, collect, gather, glean |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, pertinent, fitting |
| glean | to cull, gather, collect, garner |
| grouse | a complaint, to complain, grumble, gripe, kvetch, bellyache |
| halcyon | peaceful, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, palmy, happy |
| hallow | holy, or sacred, sanctify, consecrate, to honor greatly |
| histrionic | over dramatic, affected, stagy, major deal |
| ignominy | shame, disgrace, dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium |
| incendiary | inflammatory, provocative, firebrand, to egg on, stirring emotion |
| invidious | offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment, malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd, risible, preposterous |
| maelstrom | disorder, vortex, chaos, turbulence, provocative, tumult |
| mordant | biting, caustic, bitterly harsh, acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing, sarcastic |
| mundane | earthly, worldly, ordinary, prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved, iniquitous, reprehensible, beneath moral standards |
| nettle | to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex, or irritate severely, peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk |
| nuance | slight variation, shade, nicety, refinement, |
| pecuniary | having to do with money, accounting, financial |
| penchant | proclivity, propensity, predilection, skill, strong attraction to |
| propinquity | proximity, similarity, kinship |
| suppliant | asking humbly, earnest |
| taciturn | quiet, silent |
| tenable | defendable, justifiable, maintainable |
| undulate | to wave, wavy, ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall |
| unwonted | unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atypical |
| verbiage | word for word, verbosity, prolixity, diction, jargon, wordy |
| viscous | gummy, sticky, thick, gelatinous, gluey quality |
| ambient | completely surrounding, encompassing, total sleep |
| cabal | a small group working in secret, clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation, conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots |
| consummate | complete, perfect, to bring to a state of completion or perfection, masterful, clinch, conclude |
| depraved | marked by evil and corruption, perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt |
| furtive | dine slyly, or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty, stolen, clandestine, covert, surreptitous |
| inordinate | far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive, exorbitant, extragvagant |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove, beyond argument, indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable |
| moot | open to discussion and debate, unresolved, to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students |
| myopic | nearsighted, lacking a broad, lacking a broad realistic view of a situation, lacking foresight or discernment |
| neophyte | a new convert, beginner, novice, tenderfoot, tyro, rookie |
| oscillate | to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm, to fluctuate |
| pedantry | a pretentious display of knowledge, overly rigid attention to rules and details |
| propriety | the state of being proper. appropriateness, standards of what is proper or socially acceptable, fitness, correctness, decorum |
| sophistry | reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound a fallacy, specious reasoning |
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