English Vocab
Language & Composition 12:00 with St.john at Bob Jones University
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By: Neva Jones
Created: 2010-11-09
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Solicitous
Showing care, attention, or concern
Restive
Stubbornly resisting control
Antipathy
opposite in feeling
Mollify
To soothe in temper or disposition
Apace
At a quick pace
Intimidate
To make timid or fearful
Blatant
Completely obvious
Adjunct
Something joined to something else, but in a dependent position
Rampant
widespread
Hegemony
preponderant influence or authority over others
Preponderance
Superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
Acrimonious
caustic or biting in feeling
Dire
exciting horror/ desperately urgent
Envisage
To view or regard in a certain way
Eradicate
To pull up by the roots
Myriad
Innumerable
Discrepancy
Disagreement, difference, hostility
Corroborate
To support with evidence or authority
Cajole
to persuade with flattery or gentle urging in the face of reluctance
Eclectic
Selecting what is considered the best from different systems or styles
Clique
An exclusive group of people
Buttress
A structure built against the wall to strengthen it.
Torpor
A state of mental or motor inactivity with partial or total insensitivity
Estuary
A water passage where the tide meets the river
Arrant
Out and out; notoriously bad.
Imbroglio
A confused state of affairs
Chronic
marked by long duration or frequent occurrence
Fraternity
A group of people associated or formally organized for a common purpose.
Benign
Of a gentle disposition
Excoriate
To strip off the skin
Quiesscent
Marked by inctivity, at rest
Insulate
to place in a detached situation
Avert
To turn away or aside
Docile
Easily taught
Accretion
Growth in size
Athwart
Across
Precipitous
1. Steep
2. Falling steeply
3. Exhibiting violent or abrupt haste
2. Falling steeply
3. Exhibiting violent or abrupt haste
Moribund
being in the state of dying, close to death
Inert
Having inertia
Poignant
pungently pervasive
Sordid
marked by baseness or grossness
Attrition
Any gradual wearing away or weakening
Reparation
a repairing or keeping in repair
Allegation
assertion- usually unsupported
Respite
a period of temporary relief
Enunciate
to make a definite or systematic statement
Cessetation
a temporary or final ceasing
Cynical
Distrustful of human nature and motives
Imperious
marked by arrogant assurance
Consummate
extremely skilled and accomplished
Crass
grossly stupid, insensitive, unrefined
Allocation
to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular person or things
Chauvinism
Vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism
Morass
A situation that traps or impedes
Tenor
general course or tendency
renege
revoke
Deterrent
Striving to deter
Portent
something that foreshadows a coming event
About this deck
By: Neva Jones
Created: 2010-11-09
Size: 59 flashcards
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Created: 2010-11-09
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