English Vocab
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gabriellexo on June 12, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Apathy | lack of feeling |
| Assent | to agree to something |
| Empathy | understanding other peoples feelings |
| pathetic | pity |
| pathology | the study of a disease |
| Presentiment | a sense that something is about to occur |
| Sensational | causing strong feelings or curiosity by giving strong details |
| Sensibility | awareness towards something |
| Sententious | saying meaningful things precisely |
| Sentient | conscious |
| ensue | to occur as a consequence or result of something else |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very brief time |
| harbinger | a person or thing that signals or foreshadows what is to come |
| imminent | about to occur |
| interim | a period of time between two events |
| interminable | seeming to be without end |
| perennial | long-lasting |
| precipitate | to cause to happen |
| provisional | temporary |
| retrospective | looking back on |
| alacrity | eagerness |
| composure | self-control |
| ennui | boredom |
| imperturbable | unshakably calm |
| incite | stir up |
| indolent | lethargic |
| inertia | resistance to change |
| pandemonium | wild,noisy,chaos |
| serenity | peacefulness,calmness |
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