Hickling 10 Units 15-20
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73 terms
Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 admonition | gentle scolding |
| premonition | a vision; a warning of something before it happens |
| counsel | to advise; make a suggestion to; advice |
| conciliatory | intended to lessen another's anger |
| reconcile | to bring back into agreement |
| precaution | an action taken against danger ahead of time |
| cautious | careful not to get into danger |
| cautionary | intended to serve as a warning |
| dissuade | to convince one not to do something |
| persuasion | habit or type |
| inquisitive | curious; asking many questions |
| acquisitive | seeking to get things; greedy |
| requisition | act of ordering or demanding something; to make a request or demand |
| espouse | to support; pledge support to |
| correspond | to be similar to; compare to |
| despondent | lacking all hope |
| interrogate | to formally question |
| derogatory | insulting; degrading |
| arrogant | excessively proud; haughty |
| arrogate | to cancel; to repeal |
| precarious | threatened or unsafe |
| imprecation | a curse |
| deprecate | to show disapproval of |
| aesthetic | having to do with beauty or order |
| anesthetic | a substance which causes loss of feeling |
| apathetic | not interested; having no strong emotion towards |
| empathy | sharing of another's emotions |
| pathos | power of evoking great sadness or sympathy |
| antipathy | hostility or hatred |
| sentient | conscious; aware |
| sentinel | one who watches or guards |
| sentiment | a feeling about something |
| presentiment | a feeling about something before it happens |
| tangible | able to be grasped or perceived |
| tactile | pertaining to touch |
| intact | unbroken; whole |
| impute | to assign blame or responsibility for |
| dispute | to disagree with; a disagreement or argument |
| disreputable | not respectable; having a bad reputation |
| connotation | an image or idea associated with a word |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| annotate | to explain or discuss through a note |
| irrational | not based on reason or logic |
| rationale | a reason for doing something; explanation |
| rationalize | justify; give reason for |
| conscientious | diligent and careful |
| unconscionable | not obeying moral laws |
| prescient | showing knowledge or events before they happen |
| excruciating | extremely painful; agonizing |
| crux | the most important or decisive point |
| crucial | extremely necessary; essential |
| indolent | lazy; averse to work |
| doleful | sad; mournful |
| dolorous | mournful; gloomy |
| acerbic | harsh and biting in tone |
| acrid | stinging or biting in odor or taste |
| acrimonious | exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood |
| exacerbate | to make worse or more severe |
| fervent | passionately excited or enthusiastic |
| fervor | emotional excitement; headed enthusiasm |
| effervescent | highly spirited; animated |
| dictate | to speak aloud in order that one's words may be heard, copied, or recorded; to give an order; to make necessary |
| malediction | a recital of words intended to harm; a curse |
| benediction | a blessing |
| locution | style or action of speaking |
| eloquent | powerful and expressive |
| colloquial | of or related to informal speech |
| evocative | calling forth a vivid image or impression |
| equivocate | to use misleading or confusing language |
| advocate | to argue in favor of; someone who argues for |
| exclamatory | having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone |
| declaim | to speak loudly and with feeling |
| clamorous | characterized by a loud noise or outcry |
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