Finals Vocabualry
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aubreysiller on May 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Disconsolate | Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected; cheerless; gloomy. ex. Disconsolate at the loss of a dog. A disconsolate winer landscape. |
| Interposed | To come between the parties in a dispute; intervene; interupt |
| Prodigiously | Enourmously, wonderfully, astonishly, impressively |
| Sagaaciously | In a way that is clever, shrewd, observant, keen of intellect or discernment, cunning or with ability and apitude |
| Shroud | A cloth to wrap a body for buriel |
| Reticence | The state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness; reserve |
| Indiscriminate | Done at random or without careful judgement |
| Pervade | To be present throughout; pervade; permeate |
| Perusal | The act of perusing studying something carefully |
| Haughty | Snobbish |
| Homage | Special honar or respect shown publicly |
| Rudiments | A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as a field of learning |
| Acquiesced | To consent or comply passively or without protest |
| Inveigled | To win over by luring, flatterly or artful talk |
| Edify | To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement |
| Reputed | Generally supposed to be such |
| Spectral | of, or resembling a spector; ghostlyq |
| Presentiment | A sense that something is about to occur; a premontion |
| Vacillating | To sway form one side to the other, T swing indessisevely from one course of action or opinion to another |
| Propensities | An innate inclination, a tendency |
| Abhor | To regard with horror of loathing; detest |
| Obviate | To anticipate and dispose of effectively; render unneccessary |
| Vociferous | Making, given to, or married by noisy and renement outcry |
| Consecrate | To declare or set apart as sacred |
| Ingenous | Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldiness; artless OPening straight forward or frank; candid |
| Quandary | A state of uncertainty or perplexity |
| Persimonious | Exessively sparing or frugal |
| allocate | To set apart for a special purpose, To distribue according to plan |
| Ardent | Expressing by warmth of feeling; passionate; Burning, fiery, Glowing; Shining |
| Assiduous | Constant in application or attention; dilligent, uncreasing; persistent |
| Capricious | Characterized by or subject to whom; impulsive and unpredictable |
| Copious | Yielding or containing plenty, affording ample supply, large in quanity; abundant |
| Deviate | To turn aside from a course or way, To depart, as from a norm, purpose, or subject; stray |
| Exult | To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant |
| Gnarled | Rugged and roughend, as from old age or work |
| Indemnity | Security against damage, loss or injury |
| Palatable | Acceptable to the taste; sufficiently agreeable in flavor |
| Poignant | Neat, skillful, and to the point, profoundly moving, touching |
| Rancor | Bitter, long-lasting resentiment; deep sealed ill will |
| Sophomoric | Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgement |
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