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ALLT3ENGLISHVOCAB

Terms in this set (61)

(n) a keenness or depth of perception, discernment or discrimination, especially in practical matters like shrewdness, often used to describe mental agility or ability to learn

(n) a group, body or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals, usually of different kinds

not being in accordance with right order, out of place in given circumstances, faulty, imperfect

(n) the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations, an unpaid or overdue debt or unfinished duties

(v) to foretell omens, to give promise of or to prestige

(v) to give a false impression of, to present an appearance not in agreement with, to show something to be false or wrong

(n) exaggeration by often ludicrous distortion of parts or features, in literature or art--a characterization or representation of something that has the qualities of caricature

(v) to subject to severe punishment, reproof or criticism

(v) to hem in or make a circuit around, or to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem

(n) a disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment, an act of leniency

(n) respect and esteem due to a superior or an elder, affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes

(v) to cast aspersions upon or defame, to deny the importance of or validity of, to belittle

(v) to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title, to undress or strip as in clothing, ornament, equipment, to rid or free something of

(n) the arrangement of troops into units each to the right or left of the previous so as to resemble steps, one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity

(adj) lasting one day only or lasting only a short while

in a mistaken way, or wrongly, astray or in a faulty way

(n) an event or a time that is marked by an event that begins a new period or development, an extended period of time especially characterized by distinctive development or a series of memorable events

(n) the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

(v) to be extremely joyful, rejoice

(adj) weak, ineffective, worthless

(n) a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting, a natural cleft between body parts or in the substance of an organism, a separation or disagreement in thought or viewpoint

(adj) marked by ease or informality, showing little forethought or preparation, lacking depth and substance, or marked by ease or fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful

(v) to give shelter or refuge to, to be the home or habitat for, to hold especially persistent in the mind like a grudge

(adj) giving exhortation to, inciting or urging strongly as with advice or warning

(adj) having very little or no money, usually habitually

(adj) not capable of being mitigated, changed, or appeased

(v) to assail by words or arguments, to oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity

(adj) not endowed with life or spirit, lacking consciousness or power of motion, not animated or lively, dull

(adj) not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty, relentless

(adj) marked by slaughter, deadly especially as in mutually destructive, relating to or involving conflict within a group

(n) excessive or unseemly frivolity, a lack of steadiness, changeableness

(n) a person of prominence or brilliant achievement, a body that gives off light especially one of the celestial bodies

(n) an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of the onset of illness, a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being

(adj) given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergent from absolute truth

(n) a person that serves merely for wages, greedy, venal, serving merely for pay or sordid advantage

(adj) in the process of coming or having recently come into existence

(v) to make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away, to remove utterly from recognition or memory, to remove from existence, destroy utterly all trace, significance or indication of

(v) to make a choice, especially in favor of something

(adj) intended for display, open to view, plausible rather than demonstrably true or real

(n) idle talk, misleading or beguiling speech, a long parley between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication, often with a sense of one side trying to get the upper hand over or taking advantage of the other

(adj) following or occurring after death, published after the death of the author, born after the death of the father

(adj) well advanced in art, occupation or branch of knowledge, adept at, skilled

(n) an often intense or natural inclination or preference

(n) a feeling of uneasiness especially about a point of propriety or conscience, scruple, compunction, a sudden access of usually disturbing emotion as in doubt or fear

(n) an answer to a reply given to a question or comment, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication of the cause for charge

(n) a usually small part, trace or member remaining from a larger body, an unsold or unused end of piece goods

(n) a mass for the dead, a solemn chant for the repose of the dead, a musical composition in honor of the dead

(v) to repay (as in injury) in kind, to return like for like, to get revenge

(adj) exciting pity or sympathy, mournful or regretful, full of sorrow or regret for something

(adj) of a grayish, greenish, yellow color

(adj) ruddy, marked by a temperament associated with the bodily humor of blood, sturdiness, high color, cheerfulness, confident or optimistic

(adj) producing sound (as when struck), full of or loud in sound, imposing or impressive in style

(adj) ghostly, something haunting or perturbing the mind

(adj) extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent

(adj) coolly and patronizingly haughty

(adj) tactile, touchable, inviting touch

(v) to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon, to hold motionless by or as if by piercing

(adj) affected with timidity, nervousness or shakiness, affected with trembling or tremors, exceedingly sensitive

(n) the quality or state of being true or real, something that is true especially a fundamentally and inevitably true value, as in the verities of love, honor, and justice

(adj) changing or fluctuating readily, embracing a variety of subjects, fields, skills and also turning with ease from one to another, capable of turning forward backward, up and down, as in an antenna

(adj) having a huge appetite, ravenous, excessively eager, insatiable

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