Critical Reading Class- Word Quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 spendthrift | someone who spends money prodigally |
| ornament | something used to beautify |
| timid | people who are fearful and cautious |
| precarious | affording no ease or reassurance |
| imprudent | lacking wise self-restraint |
| procure | obtain |
| compel | make someone do something |
| infamous | having an exceedingly bad reputation |
| discrepancy | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
| obstinate | persist stubbornly |
| persistant | refusing to give up |
| deprave | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| wretched | characterized by physical misery |
| wicked | morally bad or wrong |
| sincere | open and genuine |
| prevaricate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| conceal | prevent from being seen or discovered |
| scurrilous | expressing offensive reproach |
| malicious | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others |
| incubus | someone who depresses or worries others |
| snug | enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space |
| vengeance | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life |
| inexorable | not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course |
| rascal | one who is playfully mischievous |
| devoted | giving your time to something |
| lenient | characterized by tolerance and mercy |
| tremendous | extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree |
| dejected | affected or marked by low spirits |
| incredulously | with doubt or disbelief |
| backwater | any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress |
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