English TKAM Vocabulary
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39 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Auspicious | Successful |
| Arbitrated | To judge or decide as a third party |
| Benign | Good, harmless |
| Tacit | Unspoken |
| Pestilence | Widespread usually fatal epidemic |
| Benevolence | Goodness, kindness |
| Inquisitive | Curious, wanting knowledge |
| Edification | Enlightenment, enhance knowledge |
| Condescended | To deal with others as if one is superior. To descend to a lower level than oneself. |
| Indigenous | Naturally occuring in an area |
| Cunning | Skill in deception, guile |
| Wallowing | To roll oneself in, be surrounded or overwhelmed by |
| Illicitly | In a manner that is unacceptable by custom or law |
| Dispensation | The act of distributing |
| Contemptuous | In a hateful manner |
| Diminutive | Very small |
| Begrudge | To envy the possession or enjoyment of another |
| Concession | An acknowledgement or admission |
| Learned | One who is educated |
| Discernible | Able to be seen or sensed |
| Aberration | Deviation from what it right, true or normal |
| Libel | Any written or printed material that unjustly injured a person's reputation |
| Touchous | Overly sensitive |
| Accosted | To approach and speak to in an aggressive manner |
| Altercation | An angry or heated argument or quarrel |
| Boded | An omen of, a sign of something that is to come |
| Indignantly | An angry manner due to feelings of injustice |
| Haughty | Having great pride in oneself and contempt for others, arrogant |
| Dispelled | To scatter or drive away |
| Garish | Gaudy, showy |
| Innate | Inborn, natural |
| Acrimonious | Bitterness or harshness in manner or speech |
| Quelling | To subdue, to quiet or put out |
| Tenet | A principle, doctrine, or belief held as a truth |
| Elucidate | To make something clear, explain |
| Unobtrusive | Not to force oneself on others, inconspicuous |
| Convened | To assemble for a meeting |
| Fluctuation | Marked by irregular changes |
| Congenital | Existing at birth |
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