EXAM vocab Flashcards
English 10B
Ominous
Adj
- threatening or of bad omen
Rampant
Adj
- running wild, uncontrolled
Solace
Noun / Verb
- comfort/to comfort, relief/ to soothe
Supple
Adj
- bendable, flexable
Suppress
Verb
- To stop by force, to put down
Abhor
Verb
- to despise or hate deeply
Corrosive
Adj
- Eating away gradually
Reprehensible
Adj
- Deserving blame or punishment
turbulent
Adj
- Violent, stormy, disorderly
vociferous
Adj
- Loud and noisy
apathy
Noun
- a lack of feeling, opposite of empathy
deride
Verb
- To mock or laugh at
ingenuous
Adj
- Innocent, simple, sincere
quandary
Noun
- a state of doubt, confusioun
revel
Verb or Noun
- to take pleasure in or have a wild celebration
allocate
Verb
- to set apart or designate for a special
purpose
deviate
Verb, Noun, Adjective
- to stray from the norm, one who strays from the norm, differing from a norm
exult
verb
- to rejoice greatly
palatable
Adj
- agreeable to ones tastes
rancor
Noun
- bitter resentment or ill-will
contentious
Adj
- argumentative
crestfallen
Adj
- discouraged
disheveled
Adj
- Untidy or out of order
lametable
Adj
- being regretted or pitied