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Hon Eng list 8
Honors English List 8
Question | Answer |
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emaciated | abnormally thin, wasted away |
malnutrition | lack of necessities |
ubiquitous | being everywhere at the same time |
excruciating | agonizing, torturing |
fretful | worrisome, irritable |
harbinger | a forerunner, advance notice |
privation | faulty or inadequate diet |
sanctuary | shelter |
tranquil | quiet |
besiege | to surround, hem in |
thwart | to hinder, defeat |
reverberating | reechoing, resounding |
respite | an interval of relief, delay |
succumb | to give way, yield |
malignant | likely to cause death |
remote | distant, hidden away |
sinister | evil, ominous |
afflict | to trouble greatly, to distress |
ascend | to rise |
surge | to rush suddenly |