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25 Cards in this Set
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ENGLISH
ETHAN FROME VOCAB 1 |
1st definition-deconnotation
2nd definition- connotation |
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arch
adjective |
cunning, sly, shrewd
sneaky, smart, mishievous |
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arid
adjective |
dry, parched, barren, infertile
lifeless |
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capitulate
verb |
to surrender conditionally
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disconsolate
adjective |
someone that can't be consoled
sourful, hopeless, long term |
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grizzled
adjective |
gray or streaked with gray
ex: to describe an old mans beard. |
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incredulous
adjective |
not believing, doubting, skeptical
not a hibitual way of being |
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inertia
noun |
attendency to remain in a fixed condition.
a reluctance to move or act negative connotation |
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innocuous
adjective |
harmless, producting no ill effect
used in medical setting for side effects |
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insinuate
verb |
to hint or suggest something indirectly
negative connotation |
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latent
adjective |
lying hidden or undeveloped within a person.
unrevealed, potential for something (different side of a person) |
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mein
noun |
look or manner/ external apperating
way of carrying or conducting oneself (ex:full of energy or unlively) |
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plaintive
adjective |
expressive sorrow or grief
mournful or sad. sound. plaintive wail, loud, not long term and negative connotation |
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poignant
adjective |
sharply painful to the feelings (emotions)
sad but beautiful ex: poem, song, movie |
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prudent
adjective |
caution in conduct
sensible, careful (you are or want to, and your not a risktaker) |
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querulous
(zeena) adjective |
inclined to find fault
habitually complaining, and something is wrong with everything negative connotation |
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repugnant
adjective |
something disagreeable
distastful or offensive |
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reticent
adjective |
habitually silent, uncommunicative, indisposed to talk
reluctant to share |
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sardonic
adjective |
bitterly ironic or sarcastic
negative, mean |
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sedentary
adjective |
accustomed to sit most of the time
not involving moving from one place negative connotation |
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squalid
adjective |
wretched in appearance
nast, morally repulsive |
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taciturn
adjective |
habitually silent
not apt to talk negative and long term |
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tenuous
(rock climbing example) adjective |
flimsy or unsubstancial
describes connections ex: relationships are tenuous |
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tremulous
(tremble, temor) adjective |
trembling, quivering, fearful, timid
worried, evokes sense of someone being frail |
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wan
(zeena) adjective |
pale, sickly, exhausted
looking wan- very visible, and sickly pale |