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English 10 2010 Vocabulary for Semester 1 Final Exam
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| Allay | to relieve, calm |
| amorous | showing love or desire |
| assure | affirm, promise, certify |
| augment | to make greater |
| avenge | retaliate, vindicate |
| Beguiled | deceived |
| bondage | imprisonment, enslavement |
| Chastisement | punishment, criticism |
| clambered | climbed with difficulty |
| Confound | Confuse |
| conspiracy | plot |
| construe | to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret. |
| Covenant | solemn agreement or contract |
| Covert | hidden, secret |
| Deluge | great flood |
| demeanor | attitude, deposition, conduct |
| despicable | hateful; abominable |
| Destitute | abandoned |
| dexterously | nimbly, skillfully |
| Discourse | To speak at length |
| Dominion | rule, absolute authority |
| eloquence | graceful and persuasive speech |
| emulation | jealousy |
| enclose | encircle, surround |
| Enmity | hostility |
| Entreat | beg, plead with |
| entreat | to beg |
| exploit | heroic or difficult deed |
| fawn | to show affection, brown-nose |
| Formidable | causing fear |
| imminent | about to happen |
| Implacable | incapable of being pacified |
| infirmity | bodily weakness |
| Legacy | money or property in a will |
| Loath | reluctant |
| Malice | Desire for harm |
| mettle | basic characteristic |
| Mutiny | Rebellion |
| offend | irritate, insult |
| Ominous | seeming to threaten evil or misfortune, sinister |
| Oration | Speech for a formal occasion |
| peevish | irritable, ill-tempered, complaining |
| peril | hazard or risk |
| Pestilence | deadly disease |
| Philosophy | system of values |
| Piety | religious devotion |
| portentous | foreboding |
| prodigious | forceful |
| Reckoning | assignment of rewards or punishments for actions |
| Repeal | To recall |
| Replenish | to refill or make complete again, resupply |
| replication | reverberation; echo |
| reprimand | rebuke, scolding |
| resolution | determination |
| Revere | respect deeply |
| scorned | rejected |
| Slanderous | damaging to one?s reputation |
| Somber | dark, dismal |
| spare | thin |
| Spurn | To kick disdainfully |
| Stoicism | a philosophical belief that emphasized logical thought over emotion |
| Subdue | to conquer, cultivate |
| Subsided | sank, moved to a lower level |
| Suit | Petition or request |
| surly | proudly commanding |
| tempest | violent storm |
| terminate | end |
| transgression | act that goes beyond limits set by laws |
| tyranny | abuse of authority |
| Vile | Depraved |
| virtue | integrity, righteousness |
| wherefore | why |
| writhes | squirms in agony, contorts the body |
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