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Bradford Vocabulary 1-10

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Bradford Vocabulary

1) Jaunt: n. a short excursion or journey for pleasure v. go on a short excursion or journey for pleasure

2) Veldt: open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa.

It is conventionally classified by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld

3) Bemused: puzzles, confuses, or bewilders (someone)

4) Manifest: adj.

clear or obvious to the eye or mind v.

display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate

5) Ebbing: 1-(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede 2-(of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce

6) Cease: bring or come to an end

7) Intersperse: 1-scatter among or between other things; place here and there

8) Vital: 1-absolutely necessary or important; essential 2-full of energy; lively

9) Tumultuous: 1-making a loud, confused noise; uproarious 2excited, confused, or disorderly

10) Resilient: 1-(of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions 2-(of a substance or object) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed

11) Silhouette: n.

the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light v.

cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a lighter background

12) Paranoia: n. a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated selfimportance, typically elaborated into an organized system. It may be an aspect of chronic personality disorder, of drug abuse, or of a serious condition such as schizophrenia in which the person loses touch with reality

13) Sublime: adj. of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

14) Conceived: v. become pregnant with (a child) v. form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind

15) Appalled: v. greatly dismay or horrify

16) Reluctant: adj. greatly dismay or horrify

17) Emanation: n. an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source

18) Absurd: adj. wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate

19) Oblivious: adj. not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one

20) Psychopathic: adj. suffering from or constituting a chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior

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