English Midterm Vocab.
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42 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 inane | Lacking sense; empty |
| Avaunt | Go Away |
| Digress | To wander away from the main topic |
| Fawn | Flatter |
| Harrowing | extremely disturbing or distressing |
| Avarice | Greed |
| Jeer | Mock;Taunt |
| Benison | blessing |
| disarm | remove dislike or suspicion |
| bedlams | old women |
| Harbinger | messenger |
| Sadist | getting enjoyment out of harming others |
| unscrupulous | lacking morals |
| putrid | low quality; foul |
| gall | bitter substance |
| bough | tree branch |
| perturbation | disturbance |
| gouts | drops; globs |
| knell | ringing bell |
| quell | great slaughter; kill |
| wry | twisted expression |
| equivocator | liar; deceiver |
| blasé | indifferent; bored with life |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| jovial | happy disposition |
| imperious | marked with arrogant assurance |
| crestfallen | depressed or disappointed |
| diminutive | small |
| boisterous | noisy |
| contemptuous | with hatred |
| liniment | oil or ointment |
| palpable | able to be touched |
| exhibitionist | someone who enjoys attracting attention to themselves |
| incarnadine | red |
| brusquely | unpleasant; curt manner of speech |
| ostracize | to exclude from a group |
| suave | smoothly agreeable; polite |
| compunctious | guilty feelings; remorse |
| reprehensible | blameworthy |
| pacifist | opposing violence |
| rapt | absorbed |
| halitosis | bad breath |
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