English Midterm 10th grade vocab, greatest quizlet that you could ever use. Chapters 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
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| 4261627072 | idolatry | (n.) excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object |  | 0 |
| 4261627073 | adulterate | (v.) to make impure, to contaminate |  | 1 |
| 4261627074 | emanate | (v.) to come forth; to send forth |  | 2 |
| 4261627075 | garish | (adj.) tastelessly gaudy |  | 3 |
| 4261627076 | immutable | (adj.) unchangeable; fixed |  | 4 |
| 4261627077 | diadem | (n.) a crown |  | 5 |
| 4261627079 | redolent | (adj.) having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative |  | 6 |
| 4261627081 | sedition | (n.) rebellion or resistance against the government |  | 7 |
| 4261627082 | defile | (v.) to pollute; to corrupt |  | 8 |
| 4261627083 | gratuitous | (adj.) unnecessary or uncalled for |  | 9 |
| 4261627085 | impious | (adj.) disrespectful toward God |  | 10 |
| 4261627086 | caveat | (n.) a warning |  | 11 |
| 4261627087 | deride | (v.) to ridicule; to mock |  | 12 |
| 4261627088 | censure | (v.) to criticize sharply |  | 13 |
| 4261627089 | gambol | (v.) to frolic; to romp about playfully |  | 14 |
| 4261627091 | recondite | (adj.) difficult to understand; profound |  | 15 |
| 4261627093 | quagmire | (n.) a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation |  | 16 |
| 4261627095 | agape | (adj.) open-mouthed; surprised; agog |  | 17 |
| 4261627097 | olfactory | (adj.) pertaining to smell |  | 18 |
| 4261627098 | imperious | (adj.) domineering; haughty |  | 19 |
| 4261627099 | grotesque | (adj.) absurd; distorted |  | 20 |
| 4261627101 | hackneyed | (adj.) commonplace; overused |  | 21 |
| 4261627102 | antipathy | (n.) an intense dislike |  | 22 |
| 4261627103 | elucidate | (v.) to make clear |  | 23 |
| 4261627104 | imminent | (adj.) likely to happen; threatening |  | 24 |
| 4261627105 | banal | (adj.) common, ordinary |  | 25 |
| 4261627107 | peruse | (v.) to read carefully; scrutinize |  | 26 |
| 4261627108 | bedlam | (n.) a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion |  | 27 |
| 4261627109 | affluence | (n.) wealth; richness |  | 28 |
| 4261627110 | scurrilous | (adj.) coarsely abusive; vulgar |  | 29 |
| 4261627111 | parody | (n.) a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner |  | 30 |
| 4261627114 | amoral | (adj.) lacking a sense of right and wrong |  | 31 |
| 4261627115 | eschew | (v.) to keep away from; to avoid; to shun |  | 32 |
| 4261627116 | denouement | (n.) an outcome; result |  | 33 |
| 4261627117 | celibate | (adj.) abstaining from intercourse; unmarried |  | 34 |
| 4261627118 | fortuitous | (adj.) happening by chance or accident |  | 35 |
| 4261627120 | perfunctory | (adj.) done without care; in a routine fashion |  | 36 |
| 4261627121 | baroque | (adj.) overly decorated |  | 37 |
| 4261627122 | hedonism | (n.) a pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses |  | 38 |
| 4261627124 | debacle | (n.) a complete failure; a total collapse |  | 39 |
| 4261627125 | quasi- | (adj.) resembling; seeming; half |  | 40 |
| 4261627126 | besmirch | (v.) to make dirty; to stain |  | 41 |
| 4261627127 | imperative | (adj.) extremely necessary; vitally important |  | 42 |
| 4261627128 | sacrosanct | (adj.) extremely holy |  | 43 |
| 4261627129 | sadistic | (adj.) deriving pleasure from inflict pain on others |  | 44 |
| 4261627130 | demeanor | (n.) behavior; manner of conducting oneself |  | 45 |
| 4261627131 | facetious | (adj.) comical; jocular; flippant |  | 46 |
| 4261627132 | impotent | (adj.) powerless; lacking strength |  | 47 |
| 4261627133 | antithesis | (n.) an exact opposite; an opposite extreme |  | 48 |
| 4261627134 | maelstrom | (n.) whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind |  | 49 |
| 4261627136 | chagrin | (n.) embarrassment; a complete loss of courage |  | 50 |
| 4261627137 | bauble | (n.) a showy but useless thing |  | 51 |
| 4261627139 | labyrinth | (n.) a complicated network of winding passages; a maze |  | 52 |
| 4261627140 | gloat | (v.) to look at or think about with great satisfaction |  | 53 |
| 4261627141 | impediment | (n.) a barrier; obstruction |  | 54 |
| 4261627142 | bestial | (adj.) savage; brutal |  | 55 |
| 4261627144 | shard | (n.) a fragment |  | 56 |
| 4261627145 | bland | (adj.) mild; tasteless; dull |  | 57 |
| 4261627146 | nihilism | (n.) a total rejection of established laws |  | 58 |
