Honors 2 English Word of the day Midterm

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Midterm --> Thursday, April 29th, 2023.

25 Terms

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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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3

Guile (n)

Deceitful, Cunning

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4

Devise (v)

To form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles

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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6

Effluvia (n)

An invisible emanation, Especially: An offensive exhalation or smell

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7

Pecuniary (adj)

Consisting of or measured in money

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8

Usurp (v)

To seize or hold (office, place, functions, power, etc.) in possession by force without right

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9

Qualm (n)

A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety

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10

Ingratiating (adj)

Intended or adopted in order to gain favor: FLATTERING

Capable of winning favor: PLEASING

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11

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

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12

Vitriol (n)

Bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism

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13

Gingerly (adj)

Very cautious or careful

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14

Undermine (v)

To subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly

To weaken or ruin by degrees

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15

Cursory (adj)

Rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : HASTY

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16

Ameliorate (v)

To make better or more tolerable

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17

Perpetuity (n)

Infinite/ Eternity

Quality or state of being perpetual

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18

Accede(v)

(Formal situation) To express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand —usually + to

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19

Hedonist (n)

: a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism.

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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20

Ignoble (adj)

Characterized by baseness, lowness, meanness

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21

Fawn (v)

To court favor by a cringing or flattering manner

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22

Tactile (adj)

:perceptible by touch : TANGIBLE

:of, relating to, or being the sense of touch

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23

Nadir (n)

The lowest point

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24

Gallivant (v)

: to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

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25

Unequivocal (adj)

: leaving no doubt : CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS

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