Vocab Quiz 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assertive | acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self |
| brazen | extremely bold; shamelessly rude or defiant |
| complaisant | wanting to please; willing to do what pleases others; cheerfully obliging |
| docile | Gentle; easily manageable or teachable; tame |
| flamboyant | showy, flashy, vivid or dramatic |
| intrepid | fearless; having unwavering courage |
| mellow | a. relaxes and unhurried; easygoing b. to become more relaxed or pleasant |
| pacific | of a peaceful nature; calm |
| strident | loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
| unabashed | a. not embarrassed; composed b. not hidden or disguised; obvious |
| affect | a. to influence; to change b. to put on a false show or display of c. feeling or emotion, especially as shown in facial expressions or body language |
| effect | a. a result b. to bring about |
| depredation | a. a predatory attack; a raid b. damage, destruction or loss |
| deprivation | the state of lacking or doing without something; loss |
| disinterested | impartial; free of bias or self-interest in an outcome |
| uninterested | without interest; having no interest or concern in a matter |
| emigrate | to leave one country or region and settle in another |
| immigrate | to settle in a country or region where one is not a native |
| precede | to come before |
| proceed | to go forward or onward |
| didactic | a. intended to teach b. overly moralistic; preachy |
| edify | to instruct for intellectual, moral, or spiritual movement |
| elucidate | to explain or make clear |
| erudite | possessing great knowledge or scholarship |
| esoteric | understood only by and elite, scholarly, or elusive group; obscure |
| imbue | a. to inspire or influence thoroughly b. to stain or dye thoroughly |
| indoctrinate | to instruct in or impart certain principles or ideology |
| pedagogy | a. the art or profession of teaching b. the body of knowledge related to education and teaching |
| pedantic | overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules |
| pundit | a. a person of great learning about a particular topic; an expert b. a source of opinion; a critic |
| aegis | protection; sponsorship; guidance |
| amends | something done to make up for a wrong, an injury, or a mistake; compensation |
| conciliatory | peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome distrust. animosity, or conflict |
| conducive | tending to cause or bring about; favorable to |
| extricate | to free from difficulty or entanglement |
| importune | to annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeatedly |
| mediate | to help opposing sides reach and agreement; to intervene in a conflict in order to improve the situation |
| mitigate | to make less severe; to soften, lessen, or moderate |
| patronize | a. to support or sponsor b. to go as a customer; to shop at regularly c. to treat as inferior |
| renovate | to restore something to an earlier condition, be repairing or remodeling |
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