List 3 - Test - Aug. 27
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstruse | difficult to understand |
| affable | friendly, amiable, courteous |
| contrite | deeply apologetic, repentant |
| credulous | believing on slight proof |
| depravity | corrupt nature, wickedness |
| audacity | boldness, daring spirit, effrontery |
| deprecate | to belittle, to express disapproval |
| didactic | instructive, intended to teach |
| dormant | inactive, sleeping |
| enigmatic | obscure, mysterious |
| erudite | scholarly, learned |
| exotic | foreign, unfamiliar |
| fuse | to mix or to join by melting |
| immutable | unchanging, permanent |
| incorrigible | incapable of being reformed |
| loathe | to detest, to abhor, to hate |
| mitigate | to make less severe |
| nullify | to void, negate, or invalidate |
| pacifistic | opposed to war or use of force |
| pretentious | pompous, ostentatious, showy |
| prologue | introductory action |
| recant | to revoke, to disavow |
| servile | overly submissive, slavish |
| trepidation | anxiety, nervous anticipation |
| vilify | to defame, to slander |
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