English Mid Term review

Ostentatious

characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.

Delude

________: impose a misleading belief upon.

Forum

________: a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

Insurrection

________: a violent uprising against an authority or government.

Renaissance

________: a revival of or renewed interest in something.

Felonious

________: relating to or involved in crime.

Fealty

________: formal acknowledgement of loyalty to a lord.

Alienate

________: when a person withdraws or becomes isolated.

Laggards

________: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.

Jeopardize

________: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.

Fatalistic

________: relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined.

Enmity

________: the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

Paucity

________: the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.

Pensive

________: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

Entities

________: a thing with distinct and independent existence.

Prose

________: ritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Status quo

________: the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.

alienate

when a person withdraws or becomes isolated

antiquated

old-fashioned or outdated

cogitate

think deeply on something

commandeered

officially take possession or control of

composite

made up of various parts or elements

dally

act or move slowly

delude

impose a misleading belief upon

efface

erase (a mark) from a surface

enmity

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

enticed

attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage

entities

a thing with distinct and independent existence

fatalistic

relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined

fealty

formal acknowledgement of loyalty to a lord

felonious

relating to or involved in crime

forum

a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged

ingrate

an ungrateful person

insurrection

a violent uprising against an authority or government

jaded

tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something

jeopardize

put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure

laggards

a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others

paucity

the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

pensive

engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought

prose

ritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

renaissance

a revival of or renewed interest in something

obtrude

impose or force (something) on someone in an intrusive way

ostentatious

characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice

stark

severe or bare in appearance or outline

status quo

the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues