Vocab 8-10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 irony | a way of implying the opposite of what words rlly mean, a result that contrasts with what one would expect |
| attribute | think of coming or belonging from a particular person, to regard as a quality of characteristic, characteristic or quality of a thing |
| infest | to spread or swarm over, to live in or on a parasite |
| bizarre | odd, fantastic, unusual |
| predatory | preying on others, to victimize or destroy others for ones own gain |
| humanoid | resembling a human in apperaance and behavior, being that resembles a human, human like creature from outer spacw |
| tolerate | to permit, to put up with, recognize and repect |
| relevant | related to the matter at hand |
| horde | a crowd, a swarm, wandering group or tribe, to swarm or gather in a crowd |
| humanitarian | concerned with human welfare,person devoted to helping humanity |
| uncanny | wird, mysterious, strange |
| alleged | to claim or state without proof, unproves, questional |
| culmination | peak, highest point, climax, end of result |
| misconstrue | misunderstand |
| ominous | treatening, sinister, foreboding |
| manipulate | operate or control with hands, to handle, control or influence dishishonesty, to trick, unfair |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, common sense, absurb, foolish |
| advocate | one who argues for a cause, a defender, to support |
| lethal | deadly |
| conspiracy | secret planning, a plot for a secret plan |
| plaintiff | a person who initates a law suit, complaining party |
| credentials | written eveidence showing that a person has the right to a certain position or authority |
| larceny | theft, unlawful taking and carrying away of anothers property |
| quorum | the minimum numbers of members needed at a meeting to make official decisions |
| cumbersome | clumsy,umweildy, hard to handle |
| prospective | probable, expected in the future |
| morbid | having an abnormal interest in the unwholesome, gruesome |
| fluous | more than is needed, excessive, surplus |
| hoax | an act that is intended to fool or decieve, something that has been established by fraudalent means |
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