Vocab (Weeks 22-24)
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kendra-chanel on March 14, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Licentious | Adjective Lack of moral |
| Oration | Noun A speech delivered in a formal matter |
| Morass | Noun A wet swampy bog |
| Nurture | Verb To assist in development |
| Cunning | Adjective Clever |
| Indigenous | Adjective Originating in a region |
| Compunction | Noun Distress caused by feeling guilty |
| Insolent | Adjective Rude |
| Variegated | Adjective Distinctive |
| Clairvoyant | Adjective Able to perceive things that normal people cannot |
| Perspicacity | Adjective Perceptiveness |
| Proclivity | Noun A strong inclination |
| Pillage | Verb To seize |
| Potentate | Noun A ruler with great power |
| Dynamic | Adjective Actively changing |
| Munificence | Noun Generosity |
| Disaffected | Adjective Rebellious |
| Obstreperous | Adjective Noisy |
| Aisle | Noun Passageway between rows of seats |
| Convoluted | Adjective Complicated |
| Repentant | Adjective Sorry |
| Repudiate | Verb To reject |
| Protean | Adjective Able to change shape |
| Pungent | Adjective Having a pointed, sharp quality-describing smells |
| Extant | Adjective Existing |
| Propriety | Noun The quality |
| Fabricate | Verb To make up |
| Rebuke | Verb To scold |
| Archaic | Adjective Outdated |
| Efface | Verb To wipe out |
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