literature exam vocabulary
vocaulary exam words
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- meticulous
- marked by extreme care in treatment of details
- treacherous
- dangerously unstable and unpredictable
- impede
- to slow the progress of
- intrique
- to plan somethong secretly
- prestige
- Honor; admiration
- throng
- a large group of people gathered togeather
- admonition
- gentle or friendly reproof; friendly warning.
- humiliation
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- chastise
- censure severely
- genetics
- the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
- excruciating
- extremely painful
- intricate
- very detailed
- ominous
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- lethargy
- inactivity
- infringe
- violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person)
- indolent
- lazy
- luminous
- softly bright or radiant
- phenomenon
- any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
- aptitude
- a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
- gravitate
- to be attracted to; to fall foward
- exhilarating
- making lively and joyful
- succession
- a group of people or things arranged or following in order
- interdependent
- Relying on one another for goods, services, and ideas.
- relinquish
- release, as from one's grip
- carnage
- (n.) large scale slaughter, loss of life - syn:butchery, bloodbath, massacre
- nurturing
- feeding, nourishing, training, educating
- congregated
- assemble, crowded, assembled together
- exempt
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
- acquisition
- Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
- tentative
- uncertain
- consciousness
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation, able to perceive what is happening around oneself; awake
- solace
- the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
- reprieve
- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- assimilate
- become similar to one's environment
- pamper
- treat with excessive indulgence
- anguish
- great mental suffering, distress, or pain; tormented S: misery torment
- hoard
- To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation.
- ritual
- any customary observance or practice
- prominent
- protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent
- exuberant
- Happy and excited; bubbling over with enthusiasm.
- conspicous
- obvious
- petulant
- easily irritated or annoyed
- palpable
- perceptible by feeling or touch.
- obsolete
- no longer in use
- retroative
- applies to a period before somthing
- benign
- kind and gentle
- luxurious
- furnishing gratification of the senses
- navigate
- travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means
- diminsh
- reduce in size or decrease and increase
- cresendo
- gradually getting louder