English Final Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abominate | to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor |
| ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited |
| emanate | to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. |
| espouse | to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause |
| ethereal | light, airy, or tenuous |
| facade | the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one. |
| fetish | an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment |
| forgo | to abstain or refrain from; do without. |
| hapless | unlucky; luckless; unfortunate. |
| incongruous | out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming |
| inexorable | unyielding; unalterable |
| ingratiate | to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others |
| interpolate | to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate. |
| intrinsic | belonging to a thing by its very nature |
| inure | to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain |
| laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words |
| languish | to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. |
| machination | an act or instance of machinating |
| mendacious | telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful |
| moribund | in a dying state; near death. |
| nadir | Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith. |
| obsequious | characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference |
| obtuse | not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull. |
| paltry | ridiculously or insultingly small |
| peremptory | leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative |
| perfunctory | lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow or melancholy |
| precipitate | to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly |
| putative | commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed |
| redolent | having a pleasant odor; fragrant |
| requite | to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.). |
| resilient | springing back, rebounding |
| rife | of common or frequent occurrence |
| sangfroid | coolness of mind |
| sequester | to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement |
| stringent | rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe |
| tenuous | thin or slender in form, as a thread |
| vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
| vitriolic | of, pertaining to, or resembling vitriol |
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