English Final Review (vocab)

Sere (adj)

Dry and withered

Heinous (adj)

Hatefully or shockingly evil

Syn: horrid

Unctuous (adj)

Exaggeratedly or insincerely polite

Syn: Oily

Magnanimous (adj)

Noble; generous n forgiving; free from petty feeling or acts

Syn: generous

Expatriate (n)

Someone who chooses to live outside of his or her native country

Evoke (v)

To summon forth

Syn: conjure up

Decorum

conformity to accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior

SYN: propriety

Effigy

a crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group

Belie

to falsely represent

SYN: contradict; misrepresent

Abhor

to detest; to hate strongly

SYN: despise; loathe

Abate

to lessen in violence or intensity

SYN: subside; decrease

Glib

performed with such ease and skill as to appear insincere

SYN: slick; artful

Journeyman

a fully trained and qualified worker

Propagate

to spread or transmit, especially by reproduction

Austere

stern; severe; plain

SYN: strict; unadorned

Gamut

the whole range or extent

Droll

amusing in an odd or whimsical way

SYN: quaint

Dole

to distribute; to give out sparingly

Duplicity

international deceit in speech or conduct

SYN: deception

Protean

readily changeable in form, shape, or meaning

SYN: versatile; mutable