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These cards go over all the vocab we have learned so far in english 1
Abstinence
It's making something absent from your life/doing with out
Ambulatory
You are able to walk
Diatribe
Bitter and abusive criticism
Didactic
To teach, instruct, guide
Diffident
Someone who is shy and has no confidence
Garrulous
Outgoing or talkative
Mandatory
When something is required
Morbid
Preoccupied in horrible or gloomy matters
Munificent
Very generous and giving, lavish
Scoff
To show mocking contempt or to brush something off
Acclaim
to greet with cloud approval or phrase
Acquiesce
to agree or consent quietly without protest, but without anthusiasm
Assimilate
To take in, or to be taken in by a larger group
Delirious
Extreme mental confusion or excitement
Diffusion
The process of widely spreading or scattering
Diminution
The act of process of lessening or decreasing
Disdain
Aloof contempt or scorn, looked down upon
Magnanimous
Noble in heart and mind, rising above pettiness or meanness
Malignant
Having an evil influence, very harmful, likely to cause death
Meander
To wander aimlessly and idly ramble
Alleviate
to make more bearable
Analogous
Similar or parallel in certain ways
Dismantle
take apart/disassemble
Distraught
extremely troubled or agitated, worried
Dormant
A sleep like condition during which life processes slow down
Maim
To disable, to cripple
Meticulous
Extremely or excessively careful about details
Murky
Not clear, foggy
Narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
Squabble
a noisy quarrel about something petty or trivial
Animosity
strong hostility
Anonymity
the condition of being unknown, anonymous
Bibliophile
Someone who loves books
Ebb
To flow or fall back, as the tide does
Effervescent
high spirited, lively
Elusive
tending to avoid, hard to capture
Nemesis
anyone/anything which seems to be the cause of someones down fall
Nepotism
Favoritism shown by people to close friends/relatives
Nonchalant
Carefree abd causally unconcerend
Solicitude
The sate of showing concern or care
Antagonism
The state of being opposed or hostile to another
Ardent
Intense feeling, passion
Arid
Having little or no rainfall, very dry
Assuage
To make less burdensome or less painful, to ease, relieve
Embellish
To decorate or improve by adding details
Engender
to give rise to, to cause, to bring about
Enigma
Someone or something that is hard to figure out, a mystery
Menagerie
A collection of animals that people can view
Nostalgia
A bittersweet longing for the things of the past
Obliterate
To do away with completely, to destroy
Atrophy
Wasting away of the body
Aversion
A strong dislike for
Equivocate
To speak in order to mislead or deceive
Esoteric
Intended for or understood by only a small group of people
Eulogy
A speech for praising a person or thing, especially someone who passed
Obtrusive
Intruding and offensive
Officious
Being so forward in offering ones service it becomes annoying
Onomatopoeia
The use or sound of a word that resembles what it stands for
Overt
Not concealed:not hidden
Scrupulous
Attention to detail
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