English Vocab Review - 3
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English words for DePaoli
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Asunder | into parts or pieces |
| Beset | assail or attack on all sides |
| Benighted | lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture |
| Fulsome | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| Noisome | very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. |
| Anon | (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while |
| Behest | an authoritative command or request |
| Beholden | obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude |
| Behoove | to be necessary or proper for |
| Withal | with it all; as well; despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession) |
| Puerile | of or characteristic of a child |
| Sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| Rupture | separate or cause to separate abruptly |
| Stringent | demanding strict attention to rules and procedures |
| Voracious | excessively greedy and grasping |
| Convivial | festive, sociable, having fun together, genial |
| Vivacity | characterized by high spirits and animation |
| Retort | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
| Evince | to demonstrate clearly; to prove |
| Invincible | incapable of being overcome or subdued |
| Fractious | apt to break down in passion |
| Omniscient | all-knowing |
| Genuflect | bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image |
| Pertinacious | stubbornly unyielding |
| Retinue | the group following and attending to some important person |
| Tenacity | persistent determination |
| Tenet | a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof; principles |
| Untenable | not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain |
| Moribund | on the point of death |
| Incur | make oneself subject to |
| Pedestrian | lacking wit or imagination |
| Contingent | dependent on; determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established |
| Reprehensible | deserving blame or punishment |
| Abject | most unfortunate or miserable |
| Dejected | sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast |
| Aversion | a feeling of intense dislike |
| Incontrovertible | impossible to deny or disprove |
| Remit | to send back |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Vociferous | conspicuously and offensively loud |
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