english vocab lesson 3 and 4
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- to dry up completely
- desiccate
- inexpressible; beyond description
- ineffable
- to waver; to sway indecisively
- vacillate
- one who bears the blame for an offense
- scapegoat
- treating in a condescending manner; talking down to
- patronizing
- melodious; pleasant to hear
- dulcet
- to waste; to exhaust
- dissipate
- to take over; to seize power
- usurp
- magical charm for protection
- talisman
- partialy decayed or decomposed; having a foul smell
- putrid
- supple; graceful in motion
- lithe
- carefree; simple; nearly perfect
- idyllic
- to cover with; to be overwhelmed with
- inundate
- producing the desired outcome
- efficacious
- eating and drinking moderately
- abstemious
- to assign
- relegate
- keen, mentally sharp
- perspicacious
- transparent; clear
- pellucid
- to remove objectionable words from
- expurgate
- unnecessary; excessive
- superfluous
- a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect; uneducated speech
- patois
- state of perplexity or bafflement prohibiting action, speech, or thought
- nonplused
- repeated in concise form
- recapitulated
- persons living together as a unit; mangagement of a household
- menage
- person having one quarter Negro ancestry
- quadroon
- to constitute outward evidence of; display clearly
- evinced
- radiant splendor
- effulgence
- producing sound; full or loud in sound
- sonorous
- a boat like a canoe
- pirogue
- ornamental garden w/ paths btwn. the beds
- parterre
- comfortably or conveniently spacious
- commodious
- situdated down or below
- nether
- quality or state of being
- impetuosity
- act, process, or power of restraining or dominating by force
- coercion
- shameless boldness
- effrontery
- agreeably prococative; having lively arch charm
- piquant
- promptness in response; cheerful readiness
- alacrity
- excessively demonstrative; pouring freely
- effusive
- to travel over or through especially on foot
- perambulations
- deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
- subterfuges