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english 3honors midterm vocabulary
vocab
54 cards·by emmasocko98
renumeration
pay back for something
bilk
to cheat
placid
calm
nuance
a subtlety or shade of something
tangent
something touch at a certain point
tangible
something one can touch
blasphemy
an utterance which goes against God or something sacred
enigma
a mystery
absolution
forgiveness of sins
reprieve
to delay punishment
lachrymose
tearful
plethora
an overabundance
repudiate
to refuse to acknowledge
abstremious
sparing or moderate
abstruse
hard to understand
hedonism
a devotion to self-satisfaction
tenacious
holding fast
cryptic
puzzling;mysterious
acquiesce
to agree
bourgeois
middle class
epitomized
signifying the best of something
equivocate
to use ambiguous terms
reticent
reluctant to speak
laud
to praise
bureacracy
gov't with a rigid hierarchy
penultimate
second to last
bellicose
war like; aggressive
consummate
complete; total
elusive
hard to pin down
gregarious
extroverted; sociable; outgoing
jaudiced
cynical; pessimistic
nettle
annoy
phenomenon
get better after illness
superlative
the best; extremely good
whet
sharpen
belligerent
aggressive; ready to fight
contemporary
living or happening at the same time
emaciated
very thin; withered
gritty
coarse; granular
jaunt
shot pleasure trip
philanthropy
charity; love of mankind
red rope
formalities; paperwork; official procedure
surly
grumpy; rude
whimsical
changeable
bemoan
complain about
contrite
sorry
emancipate
set free
guffaw
sudden loud laughter
jeapardize
put at risk; endanger
nomadic
wandering from place to place
philistine
uncultured person
redolent
smelling of; giving off odors
surreptitious
secret; sneaky; stealthy
willful
stubborn