English Vocab Review (Diff.)1-8

Front 1

auspicious

Back 1

favorable;fortunate

Front 2

intrepid

Back 2

very brave; fearless; unshakable

Front 3

precipice

Back 3

a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of diasaster

Front 4

rectify

Back 4

to make right, correct

Front 5

reprieve

Back 5

a temporary relief or delay

Front 6

revile

Back 6

To attack with words, to call bad names

Front 7

arbitrary

Back 7

unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regards for reason or fairness

Front 8

morose

Back 8

having a gloomy or sullen manner' not friendly or sociable

Front 9

rebut

Back 9

to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

Front 10

stagnant

Back 10

not running or flowing, foul from standing still, inactive, sluggish, dull

Front 11

succumb

Back 11

To give way to superior force; yield

Front 12

atone

Back 12

To make up for

Front 13

dilligent

Back 13

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Front 14

doleful

Back 14

sad; dreary

Front 15

kew

Back 15

to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Front 16

incessant

Back 16

never stopping, going on all the time

Front 17

lucid

Back 17

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Front 18

superflous

Back 18

exceeding what is sufficien or required

Front 19

supplant

Back 19

to take the place of, supersede

Front 20

taunt

Back 20

to jeer at, mock; An insulting or mocking remark

Front 21

tenacious

Back 21

holding fast; holding together firmly, persistant

Front 22

assimilate

Back 22

to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully.

Front 23

exorbitant

Back 23

unreasonably high; excessive

Front 24

interim

Back 24

The time between; temporary, coming between two point in time

Front 25

malign

Back 25

To speak evil of, slander; evil

Front 26

surly

Back 26

Angry and bad-tempered; rude

Front 27

tirade

Back 27

a long, angry speech, usually very critical

Front 28

vagrant

Back 28

An idle wanderer, tramp; wandering aimlessly

Front 29

assurance

Back 29

A pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence

Front 30

flippant

Back 30

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Front 31

venture

Back 31

A risky or daring undertaking; to expose to danger; to dare

Front 32

expedient

Back 32

A means to an end; advantageous, useful

Front 33

heterogeneous

Back 33

composed of differnt kinds, divers

Front 34

scuttle

Back 34

To sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; a pail