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Vocab List One
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10
English
11th Grade
02/03/2009

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Term
saturnine
Definition

taciturn; melancholy

The servant face was saturnine as he silently and vengfully scrubbed the table.

Term
laconic
Definition

terse

The perpatrator's laconic answer gave no indictations of his guilt.

Term
dolorously
Definition

marked by suffering

 

The widow dolorously walked down the graveyard path, away from her beloved husband's funeral.

Term
vacuous
Definition

empty, stupid

 

The vacuous stare of the dumb blonde was indicative of her state of mind.

Term
effulgent
Definition

brilliant, resplendant

 

 The effulgent angle dazzled Jesus.

Term
halcyon
Definition

calm, peaceful

 

The halcyon days of the grizzled warrior's youth were far gone.

Term
truculence
Definition

ferocity

 

The man and woman argued violently: the truculence was almost palable.

Term
execrable
Definition

detestable

 

The brutal murder was absolutely execrable.

Term
anathema
Definition

someone or something intensely disliked

 

She found school to be total anathema due to the constant teasing she endured.

Term
hirsute
Definition

hairy

 

His excessively hirsute legs looked like they had a carpet wrapped around them.

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