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Vocabulary Power Plus Unit 5 (Honors)

Terms in this set (15)

assuage
to make less severe or painful; relieve; ease
heretic
a person whose opinions conflict with established popular beliefs; dissident; rebel
reticent
disinclined to speak out; reserved; restrained; taciturn
blasphemous
disrespectful toward what is considered sacred; profane
incorrigible
incapable of correction or rehabilitation; irredeemable; intractable
squalid
filthy and miserable, as from poverty; morally revolting; sordid; unclean; foul; repulsive
celestial
of or relating to the sky or heavens; heavenly
peevish
easily annoyed; irritable; crabby; petulant
turbulent
violently disturbed; chaotic; tumultuous; riotous; unstable
dialogue
a conversation between two people; the lines spoken by characters in a literary work; discourse; talk
portend
to signal or warn of; to forecast; foreshadow; herald; indicate
unorthodox
disregarding or defying tradition or standards; unconventional; alternative
exuberant
emotionally unrestrained and joyful; lavish; abundant; plentiful; bountiful
quash
to suppress with threat or force; to declare invalid; crush; subdue; nullify; invalidate; annul
wrath
intense anger that is often vengeful; rage; fury
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