English Ii Midterm Vocabulary

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abase

Back 1

to degrade, humiliate, demean, humble

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malign

Back 2

to slander, defame

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overt

Back 3

unconcealed, open

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debonair

Back 4

suave, nonchalant, carefree, lighthearted

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insolvent

Back 5

bankrupt

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respite

Back 6

a pause, rest

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rotund

Back 7

plump, rounded

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hovel

Back 8

an open shed; a hut, miserable dwelling

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inordinate

Back 9

excessive, immoderate, exorbitant

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intractable

Back 10

stubborn, obstinate, unmanageable

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manifest

Back 11

evident, obvious, apparent

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vertigo

Back 12

dizziness

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conducive

Back 13

favorable, helpful, promoting

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disconcert

Back 14

to confuse, perturb, upset

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infuse

Back 15

to fill, instill, imbue

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predisposed

Back 16

inclined, tending, susceptible

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reprove

Back 17

to rebuke, scold, admonish, reprimand

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subterfuge

Back 18

a deception, artifice, strategem

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acquiesce

Back 19

to agree, assent, go along

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acrimonious

Back 20

bitter, stinging, sharp, biting

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copious

Back 21

plentiful, abundant, ample

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furtive

Back 22

secret, stealthy, sneaky

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harbinger

Back 23

a forerunner, herald, precursor

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inclement

Back 24

stormy, severe, harsh

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portent

Back 25

an omen, sign, augury

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adversity

Back 26

misfortune, disaster, trouble, distress

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cogitate

Back 27

to ponder, meditate, think carefully

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corpulent

Back 28

fat, stout, obese

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derisive

Back 29

mocking, ridiculing, scoffing

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disconsolate

Back 30

heartbroken, dejected, depressed

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exacerbate

Back 31

to aggravate, embitter, irritate

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felicity

Back 32

happiness, bliss; a pleasing manner

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oblivious

Back 33

forgetful, unaware, unmindful

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squalor

Back 34

filthiness, corruption, baseness

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affray

Back 35

a brawl, noise quarrel

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antipathy

Back 36

aversion, repugnance, distaste, enmity

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aspect

Back 37

a part or feature; trait; appearance

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contrition

Back 38

repentance, remorse, penitence

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impudent

Back 39

shameless, disrespectful, impertinent, brazen

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indolent

Back 40

lazy, slothful

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interloper

Back 41

an intruder, trespasser

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milieu

Back 42

surroundings, environment, setting

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nebulous

Back 43

hazy, cloudy, indistinct, vague

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odious

Back 44

hateful, abhorrent, offensive, detestable

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repast

Back 45

a meal, food

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ascribe

Back 46

to attribute

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auspicious

Back 47

favorable, propitious, fortunate

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glower

Back 48

to scowl, frown

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guile

Back 49

trickery, treachery, craftiness, duplicity

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obdurate

Back 50

stubborn, inflexible, unyielding, intractable

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parity

Back 51

equality, equivalence, correspondence

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paucity

Back 52

scarcity, dearth, fewness

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transgress

Back 53

to go beyond a limit; to violate, break

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travail

Back 54

toil, labor; suffering, anguish

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wan

Back 55

sickly, pale, pallid

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commiserate

Back 56

to sympathize, condole

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discern

Back 57

to notice, perceive, detect, distinguish

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ponderous

Back 58

heavy, massive, cumbersome; oppressive, dull

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shiftless

Back 59

lazy, idle, lacking ambition

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amity

Back 60

friendship, peaceful relations

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germane

Back 61

relevant, pertinent, related

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gibe

Back 62

to jeer, taunt, mock, ridicule

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inimitable

Back 63

matchless, unique

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itinerant

Back 64

journeying, traveling, nomadic, peripatetic

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mellifluous

Back 65

sweet-sounding, honeyed, smoothly flowing

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pugnacious

Back 66

quarrelsome, belligerent, aggressive, truculent, combative

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aficionado

Back 67

an ardent devotee, enthusiast, zealot

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cede

Back 68

to give up, grant, relinquish

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debase

Back 69

to corrupt, degrade, adulterate, vitiate

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foment

Back 70

to stir up, instigate, incite, rouse

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forbearance

Back 71

patience, restraint

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jocose

Back 72

humorous, playful, merry

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vex

Back 73

to irritate, annoy, bother; to puzzle, perplex, baffle

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burgeon

Back 74

to develop, flourish, sprout

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distend

Back 75

to swell, expand, bloat

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intimation

Back 76

a suggestion, hint

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inviolate

Back 77

intact, undisturbed, unprofaned

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luminary

Back 78

a celebrity, notable, leading light

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panache

Back 79

flair, verve, dash, swagger

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parry

Back 80

to ward off, deflect, evade

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surreptitious

Back 81

secret, clandestine, stealthy, covert

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upbraid

Back 82

to scold, censure, reprove

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disparate

Back 83

unlike, dissimilar, distinct, different, diverse

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pecuniary

Back 84

monetary, financial

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proviso

Back 85

a stipulation, condition, provision

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remiss

Back 86

careless, inattentive, negligent

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stigma

Back 87

a stain, brand, mark of disgrace

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truncate

Back 88

to cut short, lop

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vapid

Back 89

lifeless, flat, uniteresting, insipid

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abstemious

Back 90

sparing, abstinent