English 1st Semester Final Exam Notecards

Question 1

enthralled

Answer 1

to enslave

Question 2

dubious

Answer 2

doubtful

Question 3

avaricious

Answer 3

greedy

Question 4

precipitate

Answer 4

to fling down; to hasten the occurrence of

Question 5

impassive

Answer 5

showing no emotion

Question 6

reproach

Answer 6

to blame

Question 7

poignant

Answer 7

affecting the emotions

Question 8

emanate

Answer 8

to flow out or issue forth

Question 9

reticent

Answer 9

saying little

Question 10

judicious

Answer 10

wise; prudent

Question 11

latent

Answer 11

hidden or undeveloped

Question 12

fastidious

Answer 12

highly critical or demanding

Question 13

brazen

Answer 13

of or like brass

Question 14

lithe

Answer 14

limber

Question 15

profane

Answer 15

disrespectful towards sacred things

Question 16

transcend

Answer 16

to go beyond the ordinary limits of

Question 17

countenance

Answer 17

facial expression

Question 18

visage

Answer 18

the face

Question 19

factious

Answer 19

causing strife

Question 20

prodigious

Answer 20

extraordinary in size or amount

Question 21

sufferance

Answer 21

tolerance

Question 22

instigation

Answer 22

to provoke to some action

Question 23

dogged

Answer 23

persistent

Question 24

credulity

Answer 24

willingness to believe or trust too readily, gullible

Question 25

contemptuous

Answer 25

showing scorn or open disrespect

Question 26

broach

Answer 26

to mention for the first time

Question 27

indulgence

Answer 27

humoring

Question 28

rapacious

Answer 28

greedy

Question 29

uproarious

Answer 29

very funny or load noise

Question 30

pungent

Answer 30

sharp in taste; bitting

Question 31

sanctimonious

Answer 31

pretending of religious devotion

Question 32

decorous

Answer 32

proper, make attractive by decorating

Question 33

veritable

Answer 33

genuine

Question 34

emaciate

Answer 34

to make abnormally thin

Question 35

welter

Answer 35

to toss or roll, as waves

Question 36

deference

Answer 36

polite respect

Question 37

sate

Answer 37

to satisfy fully

Question 38

insolent

Answer 38

disrespectful

Question 39

servile

Answer 39

slave

Question 40

cogitation

Answer 40

concerted thought or reflection; meditation

Question 41

phantasm

Answer 41

apparition; phantom; fantasy

Question 42

vexed

Answer 42

irritated; annoyed

Question 43

fawn

Answer 43

try to win favor by being servile

Question 44

redress

Answer 44

to set right a wrong

Question 45

dismember

Answer 45

to remove the limbs of or divide into parts

Question 46

Synonym

Answer 46

the same as

Question 47

Antonym

Answer 47

the opposite of

Question 48

cause and effect

Answer 48

causes

Question 49

classification

Answer 49

is a type of

Question 50

characterization

Answer 50

characterized by or found in