english-vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
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 bonanza | (n.) A rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain |
| churlish | lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude |
| citadel | (n.) a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place |
| discordant | (adj.) disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicting |
| excerpt | (n.) a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; (v.) to take such a passage; to quote |
| grope | (v.) to feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly |
| hover | (v.) to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainly over or around |
| jostled | to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely |
| plaudits | (n. pl.) applause; enthusiastic praise or approval |
| servile | (adj.) of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or a servant, menial; lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive |
| wrangled | to argue angrily about something |
| aghast | (adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
| allot | (v.) to assign or distribute in shares or portions |
| aloof | (adj.) Withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice) |
| ample | (adj.) more than enough, large, spacious |
| annul | (v.) to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void |
| antics | (n. pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions |
| apparition | (n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
| articulate | (v.) To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; (adj.) able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully |
| assert | (v.) To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully |
| banter | (v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing |
| bask | (v.) to be in, or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from |
| bountiful | (adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly |
| congested | (adj. part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
| cower | (v.) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
| deplore | (v.) to feel or express regret or disapproval |
| detriment | (n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage |
| devoid | (adj.) not having or using, lacking |
| facetious | (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously |
| finesse | (n.) Delicate skill; tact and cleverness; (v.) to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion |
| flaunt | (v.) To wave or flutter showily; to display in a conceited, offensive way |
| frivolous | (adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously |
| frugal | (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager |
| gingerly | (adj., adv.) with extreme care or caution |
| glut | (v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply |
| incapacitate | (v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible |
| instigate | (v.) to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite |
| jurisdiciton | the right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| longevity | (n.) long life, long duration, length of life |
| maim | (v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
| myriad | (adj.) in very great numbers; (n.) a very great number |
| obsess | (v.) to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind |
| ornate | (adj.) elaborately decorated; showily splendid |
| ostracize | (v.) To exclude from a group, banish, send away |
| peruse | (v.) to read thoroughly and carefully |
| prodigious | (adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree |
| prone | (adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely |
| proximity | (n.) nearness, closeness |
| pseudonym | (n.) A pen name, name assumed by a writer |
| qualm | (n.) a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea |
| rehabilitate | (v.) To make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position |
| residue | (n.) a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed |
| resolute | (adj.) Bold, determined; firm |
| scapegoat | (n.) A person or thing carrying the blame for others |
| sequel | (n.) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier |
| unison | (n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord |
| veer | (v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve |
| vie | (v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
| volatile | (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |
| oust | (v.) to remove, drive out of a position or place |
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