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College-Level English Vocabulary terms well explained (A-F 353 Terms) .
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College-Level EnglishVocabulary terms well
explained (A-F 353 Terms)
2024\2025.
adumbrate - Answer to foreshadow vaguely: intimate; to suggest,
disclose, or outline partially
alacrity - Answer Cheerful willingness; eagerness; quickness, not
hesitant or reluctant
andirons - Answer pair of metal supports for firewood
anneal - Answer strengthen, toughen
aphorism - Answer concise statement of principle
aplomb - Answer complete and confident composure or self-assurance;
poise; confidence
apostasy - Answer renunciation of a religious faith; abandonment of a
previous loyalty; defection
apotheosis - Answer elevation to divine status; deification; perfect
example; quintessence
,College-Level English
Vocabulary terms well
explained (A-F 353 Terms)
2024\2025.
apropos - Answer at an apportune time, by way of interjection or
further comment with regard to the present topic
apothegm - Answer aphorism
apprise - Answer to give notice, to tell
apposite - Answer highly pertinent or appropriate
appurtenance - Answer an incidental right attached to a principal
property right and passing in possession with it; a subordinate part or
adjunct; accessory object
aquiline - Answer curving like an eagle's beak
apogee - Answer highest point
,College-Level English
Vocabulary terms well
explained (A-F 353 Terms)
2024\2025.
aspersion - Answer sprinkling of water especially in religious
ceremonies; a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's
reputation; the act of making such a charge
asseverate - Answer to affirm or declare positively or earnestly
assiduous - Answer marked by careful unremitting attention or
persistent application
argot - Answer secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular
group
arrant - Answer being notoriously without moderation
atavism - Answer throwback; reversion to a past style
assuage - Answer to lessen the intensity ; ease; pacify; quench
athwart - Answer across, in opposition to
, College-Level English
Vocabulary terms well
explained (A-F 353 Terms)
2024\2025.
augury - Answer omen portent
avarice - Answer greediness, cupidity
animadversion - Answer a critical and usually censorious remark;
criticism
animus - Answer basic attitude or governing spirit, disposition,
intention; enmity; usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill
will; inner masculine part of the female personality in the analytic
psychology of Jung
antediluvian - Answer before the flood
aver - Answer to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause; to
declare positively
baleful - Answer deadly or pernicious in influence; foreboding or
threatening evil. baneful; ominous, portending evil; harmful or
malignant
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