ENGLISH 7 FINAL
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38 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 tolerantly | in a tolerant manner |
| hub | the central part of a wheel |
| bovine | cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm |
| grimace | a contorted facial expression |
| hysterical | marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion |
| intrusions | breaking in without an invitation or unwanted interuption |
| exasperated | greatly annoyed |
| oppressive | marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior |
| meagre | deficient in amount or quality or extent |
| primly | stiffly; daintily |
| recede | to move backward; withdraw |
| rueful | sad |
| anguish | extreme pain or sorrow |
| helter-skelter | without order, messy |
| immense | very large |
| melancholy | depressed |
| teeming | adj. filled to overflowing |
| accomplice | assistant to a crime |
| impulse | sudden act |
| ponderous | of great weight |
| soothing | comforting |
| tangent | sudden change of course |
| sauntered | walked at a leisurely pave; strolled |
| inevitable | an unavoidable event |
| emaciated | thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny. |
| intrigued | fascinated |
| dialect | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
| disemboweled | to take out the internal parts |
| persistently | repeatedly, without giving up |
| defiant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
| scapegoat | someone punished for the errors of others |
| intelligible | understandable |
| assent | agreement |
| intimidated | frightened with threats |
| idiosyncracy | peculiarity, odd behavior |
| menace | danger, threat |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| variations | differences |
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