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N H English Vocab. Units 1 & 2

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lumberverb. To move heavily or clumsily.
railverb. To complain bitterly; scold
restiveadj. nervous, restless
oraclenoun. A person believed in ancient times to be in contact with the gods.
congenialadj. friendly
discourseverb. To carry on conversation about something.
doctrinenoun. A believe, principle.
benefactornoun. Someone who gives financial help.
fetternoun. Something attached to the body to prevent freedomof movement; a chain.
lamentation noun. an expression of grief.
ferventadj. Intense in feeling
consoleverb. To console
tremornounoun. A shivering or trembling movement
despoticadj. A ruler with absolute power and authority; tyrant
introspectionnoun. A reflective looking inward or examination of one's thoughts and feelings.
philosophernoun. A reflective thinker; scholar
calumnies (pl)noun. False and malicious accusation
dissimulateverb. To hide under a false appearance; dissemble
ostentationnoun. pretentious or excessive display
acridlyadv. Sharp in biting in taste or odor; deeply bitter
deportmentnoun. Behahior, bearing. The manner of conducting ones self.
effervescentadj. to give off gas bubbles,as soda water. to be lively; exhilerating.
prodigaladj. recklessly extravigant. wasteful, lavish
circumspectionnoun. careful to consider all circumstances and consequenses.
augmentverb. enlarge, increase
malicenoun. desire to cause injury or distress to another; spite
embellishmentnoun. adorn, decorate. To add ornamental details to.
dissipationnoun. to break up and drive off; disperse, scatter, squander, to break up and vanish
inscrutableadj. not readily comprehesible; mysterious
chausiblenoun. the outer vestment of the priest at mass.
extemporeadj. done with little or no preparation or practice.
portentnoun. An indication of something momentous or calamitous about to occur.
eviscerateverb. to remove the entrails of
lamentableadj. to be lamented. exibiting sorrow or grief
madrigalsnoun. A poem that is beset to music.
infinitesimaladj. immeasurably ro incalculably minute.
imperturbablyadv. unshakably calmn and collected.
capuchinnoun. A monk belonging to the Franciscan order.
parasitenoun. A person who lives at others expense without making any useful return.
insomnianoun. chrronic inability to sleep.
aesthetenoun. One who cultivates a superior appriciation of the beautiful. A person whose pursuit of beauty is extensive.
obsequiousadj. showing too great a willingness to serve or obey.
metaphoricallyadv. A figure of speachin which a term is transfered from the object it originally designates to an object it may designate only by comparison.
hiatusnoun. a gap or interuption in space, time or continuity. A slight pause or break. a gap in sequence.


Joanne Hebda

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