Honors 2 English Word of the day Midterm
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Yahoo (n)
\: a boorish, crass, or stupid person
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Unintelligible (adj)
Unable to be understood or comprehended
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Guile (n)
Deceitful, Cunning
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Devise (v)
To form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles
To plan to obtain or bring about
To plan to obtain or bring about
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Incipient (adj)
Beginning to come into being or to become apparent or visible
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Effluvia (n)
An invisible emanation, Especially: An offensive exhalation or smell
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Pecuniary (adj)
Consisting of or measured in money
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Usurp (v)
To seize or hold (office, place, functions, power, etc.) in possession by force without right
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Qualm (n)
A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
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Ingratiating (adj)
Intended or adopted in order to gain favor: FLATTERING
Capable of winning favor: PLEASING
Capable of winning favor: PLEASING
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Tremulous (adj)
Characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
Affected with timidity : TIMOROUS
Such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness
Affected with timidity : TIMOROUS
Such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness
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Vitriol (n)
Bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
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Gingerly (adj)
Very cautious or careful
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Undermine (v)
To subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
To weaken or ruin by degrees
To weaken or ruin by degrees
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Cursory (adj)
Rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : HASTY
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Ameliorate (v)
To make better or more tolerable
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Perpetuity (n)
Infinite/ Eternity
Quality or state of being perpetual
Quality or state of being perpetual
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Accede(v)
(Formal situation) To express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand —usually + to
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Hedonist (n)
\: a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism.
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Example --> Someone who does drugs and has reckless sex without care for the harm done to others but only aiming for their own pleasure
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Example --> Someone who does drugs and has reckless sex without care for the harm done to others but only aiming for their own pleasure
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Ignoble (adj)
Characterized by baseness, lowness, meanness
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Fawn (v)
To court favor by a cringing or flattering manner
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Tactile (adj)
\:perceptible by touch : TANGIBLE
\:of, relating to, or being the sense of touch
\:of, relating to, or being the sense of touch
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Nadir (n)
The lowest point
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Gallivant (v)
\: to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure
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Unequivocal (adj)
\: leaving no doubt : CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS
