English Final- Vocab Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assuage | to make easier, milder, relieve; to quiet, calm to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| decadence | decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
| expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from from course or decision by earnest reasoning |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
| unctuous | excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable |
| aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| permeate | to spread, soak through, penetrate |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjure or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof |
| ascribe | to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute |
| commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| inadvertent | resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintention, accidental |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances |
| vitrolic | bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) |
| expiate | to make amends; make up for; to advert |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater |
| erudite | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic |
| propensity | a natural inclination or predilection |
| resilient | able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
| sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination |
| scurrilous | coarsly abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foulmouthed |
| blazon | to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or widely acclaim |
| filch | to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in pretty amounts |
| scathing | bitterly sever, withering; causing great harm |
| soporific | tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep |
| transient | lasting only one a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force |
| anomalous | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| castigate | to punish sevrely; to criticize severely |
| demagogue | a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| immutable | not subject to change, constant |
| vicarious | performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
| surreptitious | sleathy,s ecret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| desecrate | to commit sacriledge upon, treat irreverently; t cotaminate, pollute |
| mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
| stalwart | strng and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
| punctilious | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points or etiquette or propriety |
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