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English I 2nd Sem. Vocabulary Review
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| ad infinitum | endlessly |
| adieu | farewell |
| appreciable | enough to be noticed |
| rivulet | small stream |
| statute | a law |
| brevity | shortness |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high, excessive |
| asylum | place of safety, an institution |
| dilate | to make or become larger or wider |
| realm | kingdom, field of study |
| cubicle | small room |
| drudgery | work that is tiresome or hard |
| horde | vast number of people |
| monologue | speech by one person |
| brawny | strong, muscular |
| irreverent | disrespectful |
| synthetic | put together by people, artificial |
| versatile | able to do many things well |
| rancid | spoiled, stale |
| bleak | dreary, bare, dismal |
| despicable | worthy of contempt or scorn |
| invincible | not able to be defeated |
| erroneous | containing mistakes |
| demur | sober or serious in manner; modest |
| garble | to distort in wuch as away as to make unintelligible or understandable |
| quaver | shake, tremble |
| recoil | shrink or spring back |
| pensive | thoughtful, melancholoy |
| shoddy | of poor quality |
| tirade | long, angry speech, usually critical |
| dwindle | to lessen or decrease |
| immunity | resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation |
| sparse | meager, scant, scattered |
| warp | twist out of shape |
| grievous | causing sorrow or pain |
| inscribe | to write on or engrave |
| prognosis | forecast of what will happen in a disease or situation |
| emancipate | to free from slavery |
| skeptical | slow to accept something as true; inclined to doubt |
| rugged | rough, irregular |
| mire | mud; wet, swampy ground |
| deteriorate | to lower in quality; to wear away |
| reek | an unpleasant smell |
| blanch | to turn pale |
| blasphemy | an act showing contempt for something sacred |
| humane | kind, merciful |
| lithe | bending easily |
| clique | small, exclusive group of people |
| migration | movement from one place to another |
| prelude | an introduction; something coming before the main event |
| squander | to waste |
| advent | arrival |
| pugnacious | inclined to fight or quarrel |
| perilous | full of danger |
| ponder | to think deeply |
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B. T. Washington High |
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