English 1 IAS Word Wall

RMcCants (United States of America)
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  1. respect
    regard highly; think much of
  2. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  3. sate
    fill to contentment
  4. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  5. constitute
    form or compose
  6. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  7. callous
    emotionally hardened
  8. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  9. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  10. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  11. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  12. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  13. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  14. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  15. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  16. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
  17. subtly
    in a manner difficult to detect or grasp
  18. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  19. nascent
    being born or beginning
  20. evince
    give expression to
  21. subordinate
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Created on Sat Jul 31 17:04:03 EDT 2010 (updated Mon Nov 15 07:15:23 EST 2010)

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