| Term | Definition |
|---|
| resident | one who lives in a place |
| shun | avoid |
| ruthless | mean; cruel; merciless |
| obsolete | out of date |
| magnate | rich, powerful, successful business person |
| deapite | in spite of |
| conceal | hidden |
| climate | weather conditions; attitude |
| swelter | oppressed by heat |
| wean | to withdraw from any type of habit |
| abduct | kidnap |
| buffoon | fool; jokester |
| guerrillas | terrorists |
| flounder | move clumsily; struggle; flat fish |
| elegant | characterized by elegance |
| culture | products of human work at a particular time |
| inhabit | to live or dwell in |
| goad | prod; urge |
| aqueduct | water pipe |
| fertile | productive |
| prance | to walk or act in lively manner |
| encroach | intrude or trespass |
| allude | to refer to |
| smitten | in love |
| parallel | running alongside; similar; comparable |
| fleet | group of vehicles |
| vertical | straight up and down |
| horizontal | parallel to level ground |
| drench | soak |
| bliss | joy |
| shoddy | poor quality |
| transpire | to happen |
| hoax | joke |
| qualm | feeling of illness or disturbing feeling |
| famine | shortage of food |
| harsh | unpleasant |
| wary | cautios; to be alert |
| adjacent | adjoining; next to; close |
| dread | to fear |
| aghast | shocked; frightened; terrified |
| hypnotize | slee-like state; trance |
| dovetail | fit together perfectly |
| gape | widely open; separated; to stare in amazement |
| outfox | to outwit or outsmart |
| afloat | floating; awash; flooded |
| carp | complain; whine |
| endorse | give approval or support |
| remainder | left over |
| amble | walk slowly |
| enroll | become member; to sign up |
| succor | help; relief; assistance |
| fowl | bird |
| runt | undersized; small animal or person |
| prevail | to be victorious; to win; to persuade |
| fervor | ardor; zeal; enthusiasm |
| wad | small mass of squeezed material |
| avert | ward off; turn away; to keep from happening |
| zigzag | series of turns in different directions that proceed in a general direction |
| whimsical | erratic in behavior; unpredictable; quaint or fanciful quality |
| scamper | to run; to go hastily or lightly |
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