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All 27 Terms

Term Definition
burgeoning growing/ increasing rapidly/ flourishing
vivacious lively/ animated
enumerate itemize/ list/ mention one by one.
superfluous unnecessary/ surplus/ redundant
postulate hypothesize/ guess/ propose
suffuse permeate/ gradually spread over or throughout.
asunder apart/ divided or (to separate) into pieces
inculcate to teach through repetition
truculently fiercely, liking to fight
ruminate think deeply about something
implore beg earnestly/ beseech/ plead.
genial friendly and cheerful
satiety state of being satisfied/full
intrinsic belonging naturally/essential/inherent/innate
malignant showing evil/ill will
inexorably relentlessly, stubbornly
reciprocate to give or receive/exchange
veneer facade/false front/surface layer/covering
venerable commanding respect
harbinger (one who) foreshadows things to come
usurp to seize or take over
moribund at the point of death
obstinate stubborn/unyielding/inflexible
stoic unemotional/indifferent (or as noun: a person who is such)
subversive destroying or undermining (someone/thing in power)
portentously pompously/snobbishly
mirth gladness, happiness

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Terms 27
Creator Potato
Created March 18, 2008
Group Mr. Ross's English 2
Tags bnw, brave, new, world, vocab, ross, english
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Potato : are we missing any? feel free to edit. I don't actually have the sheets in front of me... so... have fun!
meliaclaire : i added the last two words, so now all of them are included
meliaclaire : Changed stoic → enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining (or as noun: a person who does such) to stoic → unemotional/indifferent (or as noun: a person who is such)
meliaclaire : Changed usurp → take position illegally or by force/ take possession of to usurp → to seize or take over
meliaclaire : Changed malignant → virulent/infectious/malevolent/malicious to malignant → showing evil/ill will
meliaclaire : Changed reciprocate → respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one. to reciprocate → to give or receive/exchange
meliaclaire : Changed subversive → seeking to undermine the power and authority of a system or institution (noun: a person with such aims) to subversive → to destroy or undermine (someone/thing in power)
meliaclaire : Changed truculent → eager or quick to argue or fight. to truculent → fiercely, liking to fight
meliaclaire : Changed truculent → fiercely, liking to fight to truculently → fiercely, liking to fight
meliaclaire : Changed inexorable → impossible to stop or prevent to inexorable → relentlessly, stubbornly
meliaclaire : Changed inculcate → instill by persistent instruction to inculcate → to teach through repetition
meliaclaire : Changed subversive → to destroy or undermine (someone/thing in power) to subversive → destroy or undermine (someone/thing in power)
meliaclaire : Changed harbinger → a forerunner of something/herald/sign/indication to harbinger → (one who) foreshadows things to come
meliaclaire : Changed inexorable → relentlessly, stubbornly to inexorablly → relentlessly, stubbornly
meliaclaire : Changed inexorablly → relentlessly, stubbornly to inexorably → relentlessly, stubbornly
meliaclaire : Changed asunder → apart/ divided to asunder → apart/ divided or (to separate) into pieces
meliaclaire : Changed venerable → accorded a great deal of respect/honored/esteemed/distinguished to venerable → commanding respect
Potato : thanks! i just copied them from the dictionary, so the definitions were kind of.. jumbled and confusing. much better now. thank you!
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  1. obstinate → stubborn/unyielding/inflexible - 33 misses
  2. portentously → pompously/snobbishly - 32 misses
  3. inculcate → to teach through repetition - 26 misses
  4. implore → beg earnestly/ beseech/ plead. - 25 misses
  5. intrinsic → belonging naturally/essential/inherent/innate - 23 misses
  6. inexorably → relentlessly, stubbornly - 23 misses
  7. truculently → fiercely, liking to fight - 22 misses