WORD
1) beatific
2) behemoth
3) blandishment
4) cacophonous
5) chicanery
o consign
7) coup
8) euphemism
9) febrile
10) gainsay
11) imminent
12) innate
13) loath
14) manifest
15) minutiae
16) moratorium
17) nostrum
18) pariah
19) visionary
20) wizened
Unit #14- Vocabulary - English Il Honors
DEFINITION
P.O.S.
Adi
Blissful; rendering or making blessed
N
A creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
N
Anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk
Adj
Harsh-sounding, discordant, dissonant
N
Trickery, deceptive practices or tactics; double-dealing
To give to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for special use
N
A highly successful act or plan or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership
N
A mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute
Adj
Feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic
V
To deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose
Adj
About to happen, threatening
Adj
Adj
Natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
Unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
Adj
Clear, evident to the eyes or mind
Plural N
Small or trivial details, trifling matters
N
N
N
A suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay
An alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
One who is rejected by a social group or organization
N
One given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight
Adj
Dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)
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