vocab quiz
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danerickson on March 15, 2012
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pedestrian | adj; ordinary or dull |
| bona fide | adj; in good faith |
| adventitious | adj; accidental, nonessential |
| fecund | adj; fertile, productive |
| deviate | v; to turn aside from a course, to stray |
| obfuscate | v; to confuse, to bewilder |
| impale | v; to pierce with a sharp stake through the body |
| extenuate | v; to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| parochial | adj; local, narrow, limited |
| glower | v; to stare angrily |
| edify | v; to improve someone morally |
| ambiguous | adj; open to more than one interpretation |
| cataclysm | n; a violent change |
| optimum | adj; best, most valuable, ideal |
| importune | v; to ask persistently, to beg |
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