English Test Vocabulary Words
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katherinemelgar on March 21, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Endow | to give to; to provide with |
| Entitle | to give a right to; to provide with a title or claim |
| Erected | built |
| Exaggerate | to distort the truth; to increase or exceed the normal; to tell "tall tales" |
| Expectancy | anticipated measure or amount |
| Expedient | a means to an end; that which is advantages |
| Express | represent in words; convey |
| Extinguish | to put out, as a flame; to abolish; to do away with |
| Extremety | the end of a limb, generally meaning a hand or a foot |
| Exult | to feel overjoyed; to be in high spirits |
| Fatigue | weariness from labor or exertion; exhaustion |
| Ferocity | savageness; wildness |
| Firmament | the sky or heavens |
| Flagrant | conspicuous; obvious; undisguised; deliberate |
| Flanked | to be situated on both sides of |
| Flawed | damaged; defective; imperfect |
| Florid | flushed; reddish |
| Forlon | sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion |
| Formative | capable of being shaped |
| Fragile | easily broken; weak |
| Frantically | marked by fast, nervous activity; anxiously |
| Fringe | a border or an edging of hair, strips of material, etc.; trimming |
| Futility | useless act or gesture |
| Gallant | noble; brave; heroic and spirited |
| Garret | attic; part of house immediately under roof |
| Gaunt | thin and bony; lean |
| Generate | to produce or originate; to manufacture |
| Glisten | to sparkle or shine |
| Gorge | to stuff; to fill; to eat with considerable greed |
| Grave | somber; dignified |
| Green | grassy park or lawn |
| Grim | unyielding; stern; harsh and forbidding; fierce |
| Grimy | deeply soiled; dirty |
| Haphazardly | in a manner marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| Harmonic | understood; resonant; congenial |
| Headlong | reckless; without pause for thought |
| Heath | a tract of open wasteland |
| Heir | successor of one who has died; one who inherits property |
| Honorary | conferred in recognition of achievement or service without the usual obligations |
| Humanity | humankind; all humans collectively |
| Hypothesis | possible solution; tentative theory or explanation |
| Ignoble | base; lacking honor; of low birth |
| Illustrious | famous, usually as a result of outstanding achievement |
| Immolate | sacrifice |
| Impel | ... |
| Impending | ... |
| Impetuous | ... |
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