VOCAB & GRAMMAR TEST WOW+CH.6-11 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 desultory | disconnected |
| dissemble | (v) to disguise; to feign |
| dolorous | causing pain or sorrow |
| eviscerate | (v) to disembowel |
| gainsay | (v) to deny |
| glom | (v) to catch or grab; to look at |
| importune | (v) to beg urgently or persistently |
| inexorable | (adj) inflexible |
| insouciant | lighthearted |
| mollycoddle | to protect and cater to |
| non sequitur | not logically following from what has gone before |
| pique | (v) to irritate; to provoke |
| satiate | (v) satisfy with more than enough |
| soporific | (adj) sleep inducing; sleepy |
| susurration | (n) a murmur; a whispering |
| torpidity | (n) inactivity, sluggishness |
| turpitude | (n) vileness |
| festoon | (v) to hang in decoration |
| oblong | (adj) rectangle-like; longer than broad |
| emphatic | (adj) strongly expressed |
| relentless | (adj) unceasing, unyielding |
| embroil | (v) to be involved in a quarrel |
| incredulity | (n) a state of disbelief |
| diffident | (adj) lacking confidence; shy |
| plinth | (n) a heavy base supporting a statue |
| plume | (v) a cloud of smoke resembling a feather |
| mutinous | (adj) rebellious |
| furtive | (adj) secret |
| ceaseless | (adj) going all the time; continual |
| obtuse | (adj) blunt; vast, wide |
| curt | (adj) rudely brief |
| loiter | (v) to linger idly |
| wallop | (v) to hit very hard |
| brandish | (v) to wave in a threatening manner |
| crestfallen | (adJ) discouraged; in low spirits |
| sagely | (adv) wisely |
| antagonism | (n) an active opposition |
| serenade | (v) to celebrate with song or music |
| blunder | (v) to move blindly or unsteadily |
| rebuke | (v) to express stern disapproval of |
| demure | (adj) characterized by modesty or shyness |
| fervor | (n) excitement, jubilance |
| pall | (v) to lose interest or effectiveness |
| cynicism | (n) questioning of human motives; skepticism |
| vex | (v) to irritate; to annoy |
| taboo | (n) something not allowed or frowned upon by society |
| obscene | (adj) offensive |
| prosper | (v) to be successful |
| intersperse | (v) to scatter |
| glum | (adj) gloomy, melancholy, despondent |
| toil | (v) to work hard |
| parody | (n) an imitation that ridicules and mocks |
| pitiless | (adj) merciless |
| indignity | (n) injury to a person's pride or self-esteem |
| meek | (adj) submissive |
| garland | (n) chain of flowers |
| derision | (n) contemptuous ridicule or mockery |
| succulent | (adj) juicy |
| abominable | (adj) hateful; very unpleasant or disagreeable |
| ungainly | (adj) not graceful; awkward, clumsy |
| phosphorescence | (n) a luminous light or appearance |
| inquisitive | (adj) curious |
| befoul | (v) to make desolate |
| loathing | (n) intense hatred; dislike, disgust |
| gesticulate | (v) to use gestures while speaking |
| assimilate | (v) to absorb; to take in |
| bleak | (adj) bare, desolate |
| earnest | (adj) sincere; serious in intention |
| dredge | (v) to bring to notice; to unearth |
| ember | (n) a small live piece of coal; a smoldering remain of a fire |
| conviction | (n) a firm belief |
| dignity | (n) self-respect |
| myopia | (n) nearsightedness (cannot see far) |
| propitiate | (v) to appease |
| vitality | (n) exuberant physical strength or mental toughness |
| ludicrous | (adj) unreasonable, ridiculous |
| lethal | deadly |
| inscrutable | mysterious |
| falter | (v) to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, or intent |
| talisman | (n) an object that holds power |
| bough | (n) a large tree branch |
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