English Vocab Semester 1

surrounding

Severity, bitterness, roughness (N)

to polish

Small group working in secret

Highly enjoyable

To express mild disapproval

Loose bits and pieces of material resultingfrom wearing away\

Overflowing with enthusiasm

Unique, drawn from diffeent sources

Limp, not firm

Having little or no money

Inflexible, beyond influence

Dying, on the way out

One who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic

Burdensome, involving hardship or dificulty

Common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, plentiful

The parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first

To set apart, separate for special purpose

To get rid of something unwanted, delete

With suspicion, CONNOT SAY LOOK WITH ASKANCE, can say look askance

to make thin

To find fault in petty way

gentle, kind

Fraud

destroy

flaw

to do without

full of/ loaded with

to toughen

glowing

marked by slavish attentiveness; Dobby!

Thick-headed, smart but still doesnt get it

To swing back and forth

Regretful for one's sins

Arrogant, forceful

to snub, repel; when someone waves at you and you ignore them

Abreviation of recon

Slaughterhouse, state of complete disorder and confusion

Occuring at irregular intervals

A shout of welcome

Paastoral

To slander, to accuse falselyand maliciously

Scared and hesitant

Secret agreement or cooperation

Dabbler in the arts, engages in the arts in amateurish way, negative connetation

Cannot be bothered

Increase

Command

Insignifigant, meager

Spasm/twitch

Person who is proud of how smart they are

travel (N)

Fragrant, arouses memories

Radian; face of bride on wedding day

Word/expression; don't cry over spilled milk

Beginner

Never stops, continuous

Fickel, people not objects

Nasty, mean, harsh on purpose

To assert without proof; to allege someone is the murderer

Does not hold back, complete disregard

Pacify

To cancel/ reverse one order

Rank

To make worse

Empty headed

Impossible to disprove

Massive and inescapable force or object that crushes everything in its path

Lazy

Long list

So gruesome its terrifying

Lack of

To predict

To destroy

To withdraw a statement

To soak

Gloomy

to discard, cast off

To calm or pacify

beast like

Festive

Circle of friends

Person or thing closely resembling or associated with another

to object, say no

Shameless boldness

to decorate, improve

Lasting only a short time

Appropriate, well chosen

Done slyly or stealthily

Gaudy

Misleading, deceptive

Needy, impoverished

Far too great

To cast overboard

Scrooge, a person who hates or despises people

Very persistent

Of little value or importance

Clothing