Literature 9 - Vocabulary - Combined
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Palpable | Able to be touched or felt |
| Indolently | Lazily; idly |
| Disarming | Removing or lessening suspicions or fears |
| Amenities | Something that comforts; convenience |
| Imprudent | Unwise |
| Scruples | Feelings of doubt or guilt about a suggested action |
| Solicitously | Showing concern |
| Opiate | Anything that tends to soothe or calm someone; medicine containing opium or a related drug used to relieve pain |
| Deplorable | Regrettable; very bad |
| Precarious | Unsteady; unstable; unsure |
| Annihilate | Destroy; wipe out |
| Expendable | Worth sacrificing to gain an objective |
| Teeming | Swarming; overflowing |
| Resilient | 1) Elastic; able to return to the original shape quickly after being stretched or compressed 2) Able to recover quickly from misfortune or difficulty |
| Remit | Cancel payment |
| Undulate | Move in waves or like a wave |
| Revoke | Cancel; withdraw |
| Primeval | Primitive; of the earliest times |
| Subliminal | Below the level of consciousness |
| Disposition | Usual frame of mind; personality or temperament |
| Placid | Undisturbed; calm; tranquil; untroubled |
| Garish | Too bright; showy |
| Apprehensive | Fearful; uneasy |
| Recounted | Describe in detail; narrate |
| Racism | The unfair treatment of people who belong to a different race; violent behavior towards them/ the belief that some races of people are better than others |
| Sullen | Gloomy |
| Furtively | Stealthily, as if to avoid being seen or heard |
| Imperative | Extremely important; urgent |
| Fretful | Irritable or discontented |
| Deft | Skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way |
| Intravenously | Directly into a vein |
| Discern | See; detect by looking carefully |
| Oppressive | Heavy; hard to endure |
| Frivolous | Silly; not as serious as the occasion requires |
| Instigate | Give rise to; provoke or urge on to some action |
| Depreciate | Belittle; lower the value of |
| Scrutiny | Close inspection |
| Covet | Long for; envy |
| Preclude | Make impossible to advance; prevent |
| Impunity | Freedom from punishment |
| Retribution | Punishment; revenge |
| Immolation | Destruction |
| Connoisseurship | Expert knowledge |
| Impose | Take advantage of |
| Recoil | Move backward, as if in horror |
| Endeavor | Try |
| Obstinate | Stubborn; persistent |
| Succession | Series |
| Menagerie | A collection of live wild animals on exhibition |
| Obnoxious | Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious |
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