Grade 8 Final Vocab for Exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 appertaining | to belong as a proper function or part |
| consort | a companion or partner |
| mantle | a cloak |
| tedious | moving or progressing very slowly |
| beguiled | a deceive by guile |
| validity | well grounded |
| abhors | to reject vehemently |
| beseech | to request earnestly |
| profaners | those who have irreverence for what is sacred |
| pernicious | evil; wicked |
| augmenting | to make (something already developed) greater |
| portentous | foreboding |
| transgression | a violation of a law, command or duty |
| posterity | future generations |
| languish | to become weak or feeble |
| heretics | a person who holds controversial opinions- based on heresy |
| esteem | regard with respect |
| obscured | indistinctly heard; faint |
| boisterous | rough and stormy; violent |
| alderman | a member of the municipal legislative body |
| benefice | a church office endowed with fixed capital assets |
| purged | to free from impurities |
| loathed | to dislike (someone or something) greatly |
| inundation | to cover with water |
| prorogue | to discontinue a session |
| arbitrating | to submit to settlement or judgment by arbitration |
| orisons | a prayer |
| culled | to gather; collected |
| solace | comfort in sorrow |
| dirges | a funeral hymns or lament |
| presage | an omen |
| penury | destitution |
| impeach | to challenge the validity of; try to discredit |
| invocation | an incantation used in conjuring |
| envious | feeling, expressing or characterized by envy |
| discourse | to narrate or discuss |
| enmity | deep-seated, often mutual hatred |
| impute | to attribute; credit |
| predominant | most common or conspicuous |
| chide | to express disapproval |
| rancor | bitter |
| lamentable | to express grief for or about |
| poultice | a soft, moist mass of bread, meal, clay or other material |
| drudge | a person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work |
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