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ENGLISH
ETHAN FROME VOCAB 1
1st definition-deconnotation
2nd definition- connotation
arch

adjective
cunning, sly, shrewd
sneaky, smart, mishievous
arid

adjective
dry, parched, barren, infertile
lifeless
capitulate

verb
to surrender conditionally
disconsolate

adjective
someone that can't be consoled
sourful, hopeless,
long term
grizzled

adjective
gray or streaked with gray
ex: to describe an old mans beard.
incredulous

adjective
not believing, doubting, skeptical
not a hibitual way of being
inertia

noun
attendency to remain in a fixed condition.
a reluctance to move or act
negative connotation
innocuous

adjective
harmless, producting no ill effect
used in medical setting for side effects
insinuate

verb
to hint or suggest something indirectly
negative connotation
latent

adjective
lying hidden or undeveloped within a person.
unrevealed, potential for something
(different side of a person)
mein

noun
look or manner/ external apperating
way of carrying or conducting
oneself
(ex:full of energy or unlively)
plaintive

adjective
expressive sorrow or grief
mournful or sad. sound.
plaintive wail, loud, not long term and negative connotation
poignant

adjective
sharply painful to the feelings (emotions)
sad but beautiful
ex: poem, song, movie
prudent

adjective
caution in conduct
sensible, careful (you are or want to, and your not a risktaker)
querulous
(zeena)
adjective
inclined to find fault
habitually complaining, and something is wrong with everything
negative connotation
repugnant

adjective
something disagreeable
distastful or offensive
reticent

adjective
habitually silent, uncommunicative, indisposed to talk
reluctant to share
sardonic

adjective
bitterly ironic or sarcastic
negative, mean
sedentary

adjective
accustomed to sit most of the time
not involving moving from one place
negative connotation
squalid

adjective
wretched in appearance
nast, morally repulsive
taciturn

adjective
habitually silent
not apt to talk
negative and long term
tenuous
(rock climbing example)
adjective
flimsy or unsubstancial
describes connections
ex: relationships are tenuous
tremulous
(tremble, temor)
adjective
trembling, quivering, fearful, timid
worried, evokes sense of someone being frail
wan
(zeena)
adjective
pale, sickly, exhausted
looking wan- very visible, and sickly pale