English 9 vocab Ch 7 definitions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 metropolis | chief city of an area; a large city |
| tirade | a long, angry speech, usually very critical |
| shoddy | of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship |
| pensive | thoughtful; melancholy |
| surly | angry and bad tempered; rude |
| sprightly | lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful |
| malign | to speak evil of, slander; evil |
| apex | the highest point, tip |
| adieu | Farewell!; a farewell |
| obstreperous | noisy; unruly, disorderly |
| bogus | false, counterfeit |
| exorbitant | unreasonable high; excessive |
| advent | an arrival; a coming into place or view |
| interim | the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time |
| vagrant | an idle wanderer, tramp; wandering aimlessly |
| perilous | dangerous |
| meander | to wander about, wind about; a sharp turn or twist |
| assimilate | to absorb fully or to make one's own; to adopt as one's own; adapt fully |
| momentous | very important |
| inundate | to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
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