English 2 Vocab section 3
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- Grimace
- A sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust: his grimace belied his words that "It didn't really hurt"
- Extraneous
- Not constituting a vital element or part. Inessential or unrelated to the topic or matter at hand; irrelevant.
- Gargantuan
- Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic. (Enormous)
- Fallacy
- A false notion: the flat-earth Fallacy. A False statement, belief, consperiousy.
- Extol
- To praise highly; exalt: At every opportunity, the teacher would extol the virtues of virtue, praise.
- Hearth
- The floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick, flagstone, or cement.
- Gamut
- A complete range or extent: a face that expressed a gamut of emotions, from rage to peaceful contentment.
- Gauche
- Lacking social polish; tactless. (Awkward)
- Enunciate
- to pronounce; articulate. To state or set forth precisely or systematically: enunciate a doctrine. To announce; proclaim.
- Heinous
- Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime.
- Frowzy
- Unkempt; slovenly: frowzy clothes.
- Expound
- To give a detailed statement of, set forth: expounded the intricacies of the new tax law. To explain in detail; elucidate: The speaker expounded the approach of positive thinking, explain.
- Ethnic
- Of or relating to sizable groups of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage. Being a member of a particular ethnic group. Relating to a people not Christian or Jewish; heathen.
- Gregarious
- Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
- Feasible-
- Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible: a feasible plan.
- Explicit
- Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied. Clearly expressed.
- Frugal
- Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources: The outfitter was a frugal spender, purchasing only what was absolutely necessary for the expedition. Costing little: a frugal lunch
- Harangue
- A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before gathering: The senator's harangue went on and on.
- Expunge
- To erase or strike out: "I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions." To eliminate completely; annihilate, erase.
- Evince
- To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest: evince distaste by grimacing.
- Genial
- having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner; cordial and kindly. (Gracious)
- Gadfly
- A persistent, irritating critic; a nuisance: He was booth a gadfly and a bore... Still, because he was famous he was indulged.
- Erudite
- Characterized by erudition; learned, scholarly.
- Enigma
- One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. A perplexing speech or text, a riddle.
- Enamored
- to inspire with love; captivate: was enamored of the beautiful dancer; were enamored with the charming island.
- Enraptured
- To fill with rapture or delight; entrance, ravish, thrill, transport.
- Extrovert
- An individual interested in others or in the environment as opposed to or the exclusion of self: She was too much an extrovert ever to be happy living alone; she truly needed her friends...and an audience.
- Fickle
- Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachment: capricious: She was fickle with her affections: each week she had a new boyfriend.
- Exhort
- To urge by strong, often stirring argument; admonition, advice, or appeal: exhorted the troops to hold the line.
- Grandiloquent
- Pompous or bombastic speech or expression: His political persona was simply too grandiloquent for democratic tastes; skilled as he otherwise was, he could never be elected.
- Harry
- To disturb or distress by or as if repeated attacks; harass.
- Frustrate
- To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: A persistent wind frustrated my attempt to rake the lawn. To cause feeling of discouragement or bafflement in.
- Exult
- To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant: she exulted in the success of her children.
- Fiasco
- A complete failure: What had begun with great promise ended, sadly, in a complete fiasco.
- Galvanize
- To stimulate or Shock with an electric current.
- Extradite
- To give up or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority: extradite from France back to the United States. To obtain the extradition of, banish.
- Expedient
- Appropriate to a purpose: an expedient course of action. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need.
- Fluctuate
- To vary irregularly: The stock market fluctuated.
- Formidable
- Arousing fear, dread, or alarm: the formidable prospect of major surgery.
- Emulate
- To strive to equal or excel especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulate. To compete with successfully; rival.
- Enhance
- To make greater as in value, beauty, reputation; augment: "She had a sweetness to her face, a warmth that was enhanced by luminous dark eyes."
- Evoke
- To summon or call forth: actions that evoke our mistrust. To call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting: songs that evoke old memories. To create anew, especially by means of imagination; a novel that evokes the Depression in accurate detail. (evoke,educe,elicit.)
- Expatriate
- To send to exile, banish. To give up one's home land.
- Furtive
- Characterized by stealth; surreptitious: to steal a furtive glance at her secret lover. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes: shifty.
- Exodus
- A departure of a large number of people: the fire alarm started a hurried exodus from the concert. The departure from the Israelites from Egypt.