English Vocab-Midterm
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- succumb
- consent reluctantly
- heretical
- characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
- indict
- accuse formally of a crime
- veracity
- unwillingness to tell lies
- virulent
- infectious
- haphazard
- marked by great carelessness
- penitent
- (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
- mercenary
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- supplant
- take the place or move into the position of
- vortex
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
- derive
- to trace the origins of
- alpha
- first letter in Greek alphabet
- arbitrate
- settle by using or being an arbiter
- laconic
- brief and to the point
- fallacy
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- impoverish
- take away
- poach
- cook in a simmering liquid
- alienate
- make unfriendly
- salient
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- rejuvenate
- become young again
- embryology
- the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
- vitality
- an energetic style
- dichotomous
- Divided into two parts or classifications.
- ode
- a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- demure
- modest
- repugnant
- offensive to the mind
- guile
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- impartial
- free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
- expedient
- a means to an end
- amalgamate
- unite
- metamorphosis
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- decadent
- decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals
- thesis
- a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research
- guise
- an artful or simulated semblance
- exalt
- raise in rank, character, or status
- enigma
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- symmetric
- having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
- strident
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- pretension
- a false or unsupportable quality
- inviolable
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- literary
- appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
- allele
- varying form of a gene
- hackneyed
- repeated too often
- pliant
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
- dupe
- person easily tricked
- surplice
- a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
- immutable
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- ambiguous
- vague
- cessation
- stop
- tenure
- the right to hold property
- vocation
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- haughty
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- incredulous
- not disposed or willing to believe
- assimilate
- merge
- hecatomb
- a great sacrifice
- paltry
- not worth considering
- idle
- run disconnected or idle
- reflexive
- a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
- protract
- lengthen in time
- usurp
- take the place of
- memoir
- an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
- shrew
- small mouselike mammal with a long snout
- paramount
- having superior power and influence
- artifact
- any object made by human work
- panacea
- hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
- clamber
- climb clumsily
- farce
- a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
- adept
- highly skilled
- dour
- gloomy
- benefactor
- one who has given money or aid
- ruse
- a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- vertex
- the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
- reactionary
- an extreme conservative
- dichotomy
- division into two parts, split; branching into two parts
- latent
- not presently active
- extort
- get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
- quandary
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- sanctimonious
- excessively or hypocritically pious
- incumbent
- the official who holds an office
- parody
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- deign
- condescend
- acrimonious
- bitterness
- contentious
- agreement
- anarchy
- absence of government and law
- hoodwink
- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- mitosis
- cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
- apt
- quick to learn
- vouch
- give supporting evidence
- devoid
- empty
- alliance
- association
- surly
- inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
- bisect
- divide into two equal parts
- adorn
- ornament
- trivial
- not large enough to consider or notice
- jeopardize
- put at risk
- homage
- respectful deference
- listless
- lacking zest or vivacity
- pander
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- coagulate
- thicken;clot
- exemplary
- serving to warn
- evolution
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- abate
- lessen
- omniscient
- infinitely wise
- procurement
- the act of getting possession of something
- affable
- pleasant
- subsidiary
- a company that is completely controlled by another company
- onerous
- not easily borne
- vestment
- gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
- deft
- quick and skillful
- peevish
- easily irritated or annoyed
- advocate
- to urge
- resilient
- rebounds readily
- auspicious
- favorable
- attest
- declare to be true
- surveillance
- close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- demagogue
- one who appeals to prejudices
- literacy
- the ability to read and write
- hyberbole
- exaggeration of words
- altruism
- unselfish concern for others
- franchise
- a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- constrain
- force or restrain
- implicit
- being without doubt or reserve
- cunning
- skilled in deception
- aesthetic
- sensitive to art and beauty
- pillage
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place
- antonym
- word opposite in meaning to another
- conflict
- a fight
- schism
- division of a group into opposing factions
- gullible
- easily tricked because of being too trusting
- caprice
- whim
- concord
- agreement
- effervescent
- be lively
- purloin
- make off with belongings of others
- glib
- artfully persuasive in speech
- euphoria
- a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
- congruent
- agreeing
- interim
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- ordination
- the act of ordaining
- pugnacious
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- similar
- resembling or similar