English 5 Set 5 Vocabulary

a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group

• brevity

• galvanizing

• doctrine

• malicious

oddity; something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

• anomaly

• ambivalence

• null

• pinnacle

a person who boasts about achievements

• brevity

• surly

• hubris

• braggart

harsh mixture of sounds

• dearth

• cacophony

• galvanizing

• rancor

lack of something

• usury

• dearth

• hubris

• brevity

the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest

• usury

• ambivalence

• brevity

• catalyst

uncertainty; the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

• malicious

• catalyst

• ambivalence

• null

excessive pride or self-confidence

• anomaly

• doctrine

• pinnacle

• hubris

bitter; intending or intending to do harm

• null

• malicious

• rancor

• surly

invalid

• null

• demur

• catalyst

• surly