english mid-terms

desolation
- depressed place; lonely
- (noun)
formidable
- causing fear
- (adj.)
consternation
- shock; fear
- (noun)
ringlet
- small ring or circle
- (noun)
ravenous
- extreme hunger
- (adj.)
elude
- to escape (thought; physically)
- (verb)
imprecation
- a curse
- (noun)
inscrutable
- hard to understand
- (adj.)
remonstrance
- to protest
- (verb)
erudite
- well educated
- (adj.)
explicit
- clearly expressed
- (adj.)
veil

a cover (wedding veil) (noun)

to cover (verb)
contempt
- looking down on some1 as worthless
- (noun)
prodigious
- large amount
- (adj.)
plunder
- to steal
- (verb)

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english mid-terms

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mid-term vocab.

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2011-01-11T21:26:34Z

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