English Vocab

Terms in this set (80)

● resembling a cow or ox; slow and sluggish; unresponsive

● uneasiness; agitation; disappointment; confusion; feelings of distress and anxiety

● fat; overweight

● to deny responsibility for or connection with

● impartial (treating all equally); free from emotion; unbiased

● disagreement; sharp difference of opinion

● to cause to disappear; to spread; to scatter

● to spend foolishly or wastefully

● stinging; bitter in temper or tone; argumentative

● usually refers to language, arguments

● to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse or purify

● a protective glove
● a challenge; a dare
● two lines of people armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them

● based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional (temporary) idea to guide an investigation

● base (having inferior qualities); unworthy; dishonorable; mean

● to call into question; to attack as false

● lacking self-control in how one expresses him or herself; unrestrained; severe in temper

● shame resulting from hateful conduct; the state of being subjected to hatred as a result of despicable or blameworthy acts

● faithlessness; treachery; betrayal

● to assign as in to give credit to or explain something by pointing to its cause
to place in a lower position

● excessively fastidious (difficult to please)
● easily shocked or upset; inclined to nausea

● submissively obedient; obsequious

● vulnerable; open to; lacking resistance; easily influenced

● without decoration; simple; plain
●severe or stern in manner
● harsh or sour in flavor

● charitable; relating to acts of kindness or humanitarian work

● corpselike; pale; emaciated

● to prepare by combining ingredients
● to make up; to form in the mind (synonym contrive!)

● crude or vulgar in taste, manners, or language

● to lower in quality or value; to cheapen

● to violate; to offend; to treat with disrespect

● to disturb the composure of; to perturb, to upset; to rattle

● grand and magnificent in an impressive way
● marked by pompous affectation (a display of behavior that is not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt); pretentious; absurdly exaggerated

Inconsequential

● unimportant

● a breaking of a law, rules, or obligation

● to make less severe; to soften; to reduce the intensity of; to relieve

● to take goods by force
● something taken by force

● to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

● attentive to details; precise; fussy
● conforming to what is socially acceptable in conduct

● inspiring fear or awe

● to scold; to find fault with; to criticize sharply

● the act of restoring someone to his or her rightful place ; restoration
● the act of making good on a loss or damage; compensation

● strong; brave; determined
● a strong or brave person; a strong supporter

● open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotectedvh

●abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

● a damaging or derogatory statement; a false or
misleading charge meant to harm someone's
reputation

● extremely strange, unusual, atypical

● abrupt, blunt, without formalities
(politeness)

● to persuade through flattery; to deceive with soothing
thoughts or false promises
● cajole a person into doing something

● to punish severely; to criticize severely

● to plan with inventiveness or cleverness; to come
up with a story

● a leader who exploits (takes advantage of)
popular feelings and makes false promises in order
to gain power

● to free from deception or error in one's thinking; to set
right in one's thinking

● weariness and dissatisfaction from a lack of
occupation or interest; boredom

● a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in the plural);
anything that confines or restrains

● wicked, outrageously offensive and despicable

● not able to be changed, unalterable,
constant, fixed

● one who rebels or rises against authority

● a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth

● a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

● stealthy, secretive, intended to escape
observation

● to go beyond a limit or boundary; to violate
a law

● to change from one nature, substance, or form to
another

● performed, suffered, or experienced by one in
place of another

● a general pardon for an offense against a government
● officially saying that someone who was judged to be guilty of a crime will be allowed to go free and will not be punished
● any act of forgiveness

• self-government; self-directing freedom; independence

• expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
• generally refers to a truth, a saying, an expression, or an idea

1.) not appreciated; and
2.) accepted as true without questioning it.

• to adorn or embellish (decorate); to display conspicuously (openly); to publish or proclaim widely

• a warning or caution to prevent a misunderstanding or to discourage a behavior

• fair, just, reasonable

• to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

• to steal, especially in petty amounts

• to mock; to treat with a lack of respect;
to disregard

• tending to be troublesome; unruly; difficult to control

• a rule of conduct or action; a principle (a belief that one lives by)

• beneficial; helpful; healthy; having a therapeutic effect

• bitterly severe; causing great harm; harsh
1.) becoming dry and shriveled; and
2.) intended to make someone feel mortified or humiliated.

• to whip; to punish severely

• funereal; relating to death; extremely gloomy or depressing

• tending to cause sleep

• extremely strict in moral standards and conduct; highly conventional

• lasting only a short time

• not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

• dull, uninteresting; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

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