Vocabular 12-17 and 3-8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 obscure | unclear; hidden |
| superficial | shallow; sketchy |
| tertiary | of third importance |
| conspicuous | obvious; clear |
| nullify | to abolish; to negate |
| retort | reply |
| reverberate | echo |
| permeate | to spread or flow throughout |
| jubilant | joyous; happy |
| concise | short; brief |
| disparage | to belittle |
| ethics | morals |
| irrelevant | not pertinent |
| authoritarian | strict; dictatorial |
| malnutrition | lack of healthy nutrition |
| exonerate | to clear of wrongdoing |
| fabricate | to make up |
| bizarre | strange; fantastic |
| placate | to calm |
| unabated | never-ending |
| sedate | to compose |
| precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| dubious | doubtful |
| venomous | poisonous |
| elapse | to pass |
| bristle | to anger |
| construe | to interpret |
| oratory | speech |
| implore | to beg |
| inhibition | restraint |
| fret | to worry |
| malady | illness |
| listless | spiritless |
| insurgent | rebel |
| whet | to sharpen |
| morose | sad |
| remote | distance |
| tinged | tinted |
| hypothetical | assumed |
| brash | impulsive; hasty |
| prelude | preface |
| preclude | to prevent |
| subordinate | of less importance |
| arbitrary | impetuous |
| doleful | sad |
| incoherent | unclear |
| falter | to halt |
| irate | anger |
| painstaking | careful |
| reprehensible | blameworthy |
| restrictive | limiting |
| convalesce | to recover |
| octogenarian | someone between 80 and 89 |
| fitful | irregular |
| stereotype | generalization |
| respite | rest |
| stagnate | to stop developing |
| ascend | to climb |
| dregs | the least valuable part |
| intemperate | unwise |
| rampart | a defensive structure |
| retract | to pull back or in |
| pittance | small amount |
| eminent | famous |
| interrogate | to question |
| exploits | adventures |
| kindle | to light |
| clemency | mercy; forgiveness |
| pragmatic | practical |
| writhe | to twist |
| articulate | well-spoken |
| cant | vocabulary |
| immaterial | irrelevant |
| wince | to flinch |
| tALON | claw |
| engrossed | deeply involved |
| improvise | to make up on the spot |
| shun | to reject |
| subterranean | underground |
| profound | major |
| regatta | boat race |
| viable | capable of living |
| rail | to complain bitterly |
| impunity | immunity |
| prodigy | phenomenon |
| aspirant | candidate |
| flamboyant | showy |
| indigent | poor |
| opportune | favorable |
| succumb | to yield; to submit |
| alleviate | to ease the pain |
| analogous | similar in a way |
| dismantle | to take apart |
| distraught | trouble in a way; worried |
| dormant | inactive |
| mami | to cripple |
| meticulous | exact on details |
| murky | not clear |
| narcissism | self- love |
| squabble | to engage in a minor quarrel |
| animosity | hatred for something |
| anonymity | unknown |
| bibliophile | obsessed with books |
| ebb | to flow or fall back like tides |
| effervescent | lively |
| elusive | hard to capture |
| nemesis | rival |
| nepotism | favoritism shown by people in high places to relatives or close friends |
| nonchalant | carefree |
| solicitude | the state of showing concern |
| antagonism | the state of being opposed or hostile to another |
| ardent | passion |
| arid | dry |
| assuage | to ease |
| embellish | to dress up |
| engender | to give rise to |
| enigma | a mystery |
| menagerie | a zoo |
| nostalgia | a bittersweet longing for something |
| obliterate | to destroy |
| atrophy | the wasting away of the body |
| aversion | a strong despise for |
| equivocate | to speak ambiguously to mislead |
| esoteric | only understood by a group of people |
| eulogy | a speech written when somebody dies |
| obtrusive | intrusive |
| officious | annoying |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| overt | not hidden |
| scrupulous | attentive to details |
| bedraggled | wet and messy |
| behoove | to be necessary |
| euphemism | an inoffensive term that replace an offensive one |
| evanescent | lasting only a short time |
| exacerbate | to aggravate |
| exemplary | worthy of imitation |
| opaque | not letting light pass through |
| opulent | having or showing great wealth |
| ornate | made with elaborate decorations |
| sequester | to separate |
| bequeath | to leave something in a will to another |
| blasphemous | disrespectful to God |
| fervor | passion |
| fledgling | a young, inexperienced person |
| forlorn | miserable; abandoned |
| occult | mysterious |
| parsimonious | tight with money |
| partisan | suporter |
| serene | calm |
| solemn | impressive |
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