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Vocabulary: Deathwatch List #2
English 9A
Word
Definition
foreboding (n.)
a strong inner feeling or
notion of a future
misfortune, evil
inevitable (adj.)
unable to be avoided,
evaded, or escaped
tenacious (adj.)
holding fast; characterized
by keeping a firm hold
diminish (v.)
to make or cause to seem
smaller, less, less important
immense (adj.)
vast, great
ominous (adj.)
portending evil or harm;
threatening;
dormant (adj.)
inactive, as in sleep
exert (v.)
to put forth or into use, as
power; exercise, as ability or
influence
methodical (adj.)
performed, disposed, or
acting in a systematic way
profuse (adj.)
abundant; in great amount
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