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Hon Eng Unit 2
Honors English Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| skirmish | small fight, brief encounter |
| fray | a fight |
| turbulent | unruly, agitated |
| oust | to drive out, eject |
| revert | return |
| cognizant | aware |
| indigent | poor, needy |
| jurisdiction | power, range of authority |
| reprehensible | worthy of blame |
| arbitrary | based on a whim, dictatorial |
| flout | show contempt, scoff |
| exacerbate | to irritate, make worse |
| forthwith | immediately |
| effigy | likeness (usually of a hated person) |
| monolithic | massively solid |
| paroxysm | a fit, a sudden outburst |
| implacable | cannot be pacified, inexorable |
| harass | to trouble, torment |
| stymie | to hinder, impede |
| terminate | to end |
| rampant | going unchecked, widespread |
| inane | foolish |
| ethics | code of principles |
| concur | agree |
| clandestine | secret, undercover |
| elicit | to draw forth |
| pernicious | harmful, causing injury |
| tolerate | to put up with, to bear |
| construe | an interpretation or explanation on the meaning of something |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| affluent | rich or wealthy |
| feasible | possible |
| discern | perceive or to understand |
| sally | to suddenly rush forth |
| consternation | dismay |
| quell | put an end to |
| voluble | talkative |
| confidant[e] | one to whom you confide your secrets |
| obsolescence | process of wearing out |
| dubious | doubtful |
| flagrant | obvious, outrageous, glaringly bad; often paired with foul |
| egregious | remarkably bad; often paired with mistake |
| admonish | warn or reprimand someone firmly. |
| distraught | mentally confused, crazed |
| duress | compulsion, force |
| duplicity | cunning, trickery |
| culprit | the guilty person |
| acrimonious | bitter |
| inexorable | inflexible, unrelenting |
| paucity | scarcity or lacking |
| precocious | reaching maturity early |
| disparage | to discredit, belittle |
| perfunctory | done without care, superficial |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| chagrin | feeling of disappointment, humiliation |
| fiasco | complete failure |
| perverse | contrary, persisting in error |
| masticate | to chew up |
| deride | to ridicule, scoff at |
| eschew | avoid |
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