Column 5 Vocab JSLATE
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13nlarraza on September 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 relegate | demoted, banished to a lower position |
| recluse | loner or hermit |
| renounce | abandom belief and take ona new one |
| reticence | extremely shy |
| retract | to take back |
| reprehensible | deserving blame or punishment |
| rancor | hatred |
| recalctrant | unruly |
| rebuttal | response |
| repudiate | disown or dissavow |
| refute | prove wrong |
| redundanct | repetitive |
| salutary | healthy, wholesome |
| scrutinize | to look over carefully |
| skeptic | one who doubts |
| sycophant | overflatterer |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| servile | slavish, suck up |
| superfluous | not needed, over the top, unessesary |
| scrupulous | hard working |
| satirical | mockery |
| succintct | brief, concise |
| substantiate | to support with evidence |
| sulty | himid |
| superficial | shallow |
| supersedes | overrules, vetoes |
| surpass | to go beyond |
| stangnat | still, motionless |
| terse | brief |
| transient | movement |
| tumultuous | ups and downs, rocky road |
| turbulence | bouncing around, violent agitatioin |
| truculent | aggressive |
| taciturn | extremely quiet |
| ubiquitous | reocurring, everywhere |
| undermine | weaken relationships |
| usurp | overthrow and replace |
| virtuoso | high skilled arties |
| vituperative | verbally abusive |
| vacillate | change, waver, fluccuates |
| verbose | wordy |
| venerate | praise or worship |
| vilify | destroy reputation |
| volatile | rapidly changes |
| zealot | feelings |
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