English Vocab 13
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- Indictment
- Any charge or accusation; cause for blame
- infamous
- Having an extreme bad reputation
- Ostensible
- Apparent, Evident, Conspicuous
- Legible
- Capable of being read
- Buoyant
- Not easily depressed pushed down - stays up
- Intrepid
- Fearless, dauntless
- Maritime
- Pertaining to the sea
- Conspiracy
- Evil plan against someone
- sinister
- Evil, threatening, bad, wicked
- Ominous
- Pretending evil or harm; an omen
- stoic
- One who is indifferent or unaffected by joy
- alien
- a resident born or belonging to another country
- Plaintiff
- Person who brings a suit into court
- glacier
- An extended massive ice formed from snow
- Bibliography
- List of written works about a subject, place of publication
- Aridity
- Without moisture- dry
- Fjord
- A long narrow inlet from the sea
- Arbitrary
- Subject to individual will or judgement without restriction
- Vindictive
- Disposed or inclined to revenge
- Incredulous
- Indicating or showing disbelief
- simultaneous
- Existing or operating at the same time
- Embryo
- The young of an animal
- contaminated
- To make impure or unsuitable
- envoy
- A messenger or representative
- Deftness
- skillful, clever
- colloquial
- Involving or using conversation
- Tenor
- Progress; movement
- trace
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- taciturn
- Inclined to silence;reserved in speech
- Predatory
- Preying upon other organisms for food
- allergy
- An abnormal reaction of the body to a previous encountered allergen
- tumultuous
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- misdemeanor
- A criminal offense
- proprietor
- The owner of a business
- anonymous
- without any name acknowledged
- Disfranchised
- Deprive a person from citizenship or belonging
- Stimulate
- To fill with life; energy
- Invariably
- Not changing or capable of being changed
- Loquacious
- Talking or tending to talk freely
- minute
- extremely small, of minor importance
- Precarious
- Dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
- Drought
- A period of dry weather
- Venerable
- Impressive or interesting because of age
- obsequious
- Obedient or dutiful
- Procrastinate
- To defer action or delay
- Pretense
- Pretending
- Nocturnal
- Pertaining to the Night
- Infallible
- Unfailing in effectiveness or operation
- condone
- To Pardon or Forgive
- Maximum
- The greatest quantity or amount possible
- antidote
- a medicine or other remedy
- Dominate
- To rule over
- Intermittent
- Stopping or ceasing for a time
- Contemporary
- Same age or date of present time