vocab1 eng 3 ap - 1
Terms
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- ponderous
- massive, unwieldy
- edifice
- a building of important size
- inauspicious
- ill-omened
- portal
- doorway or enterance
- frailty
- a weakness moral or physical
- indubitable
- unquestionable; undoubtedly
- scourged
- whipped, flogged; chastened severely
- vagrant
- wandering beggar; tramp
- demeanor
- a person's manner toward others
- transgressor
- sinner
- rotund
- plump
- grisly
- horrifying; gruesome
- evanescent
- transitory, fleeting
- ignominy
- dishono; degradation
- pillory
- wooden framework with holes for hands and head -- used as punishment
- vie
- to contend or compete with
- cloister
- a place of religious seclusion
- visage
- the face or facial expression of a person
- grievous
- serious or dire; grave
- infamy
- a bad reputation; notoriety
- mien
- manner;appearance
- eminent
- distinguished as in reputation
- unadulterated
- not mixed or diluted; pure
- tremulous
- fearful, timid
- plaintive
- sorrowful; mournful
- lurid
- causing shock or horror
- remorseless
- merciless
- somber
- dark; gloomy; melancholy
- inscrutable
- impenetrable; enigmatic
- progenitor
- a direct ancestor
- mortify
- to shame, humiliate
- penitence
- repentance for one's sins
- insidious
- spreading harm in a stealthy way
- venerable
- worthy of respect by virtue of position, dignity, or age
- vulgar
- common; ill-bred; offensive
- balm
- something that soothes or comforts
- adverse
- hostile; unfavorable
- ensue
- to follow imediately
- revile
- to denounce with abusive language
- perverse
- obstinately persisting in an error or fault
- efficacy
- power to produce desired effect
- ludicrous
- absurd, ridiculous
- pristine
- in a pure uncorrupted state
- impervious
- cannot be penetrated or affected
- attribute
- characteristic; trait
- exigency
- urgent requirement; pressing need
- physiognomy
- facial features
- annals
- records; histories
- temporal
- pertaining to time; worldly as opposed to spiritual
- sunder
- break apart; divide
- vindicate
- to clear of blame; to justify
- zeal
- enthusiastic and diligent devotion
- heterogeneous
- consisting of unlike parts
- deportment
- conduct, esp. correct conduct
- impel
- to urge; compel
- intrusive
- entering rudely or inappropriately
- vilify
- to defame; to belittle maliciously
- intimated
- hinted; implied subtly
- conjurer
- magician; sorcerer
- premeditated
- planned or plotted in advance