Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 14
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king_t09 on March 11, 2009
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Sem 2 10th Grade Exam Prep, Stacerly Coward, Vocabulary Workshop Level 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Beatific | (adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed |
| Behemoth | (n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance |
| Blandishment | (n.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing |
| Cacophonous | (adj.) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant |
| Chicanery | (n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactices, double-dealing |
| Consign | (v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use |
| Coup | (n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership |
| Euphemism | (n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute |
| Fenrile | (adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic |
| Gainsay | (v.) to deny, contridict, controvert; to dispute, oppose |
| Imminent | (adj.) about to happen, threatening |
| Innate | (adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in |
| Loath | (adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined |
| Manifest | (adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers |
| Minutiae | (pl. n.) small or trivial details, trifling matters |
| Moratorium | (n.) a suspension of activitiy; an offical waiting period; an authorized period of delay |
| Nostrum | (n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness |
| Pariah | (n.) one who is rejected by a social group or organization |
| Visionary | (adj.) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; (n.) one given to far fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight |
| Wizened | (adj.) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging) |
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