ISEE Vocab Words

Set: ISEE Vocab Words

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	Term	Definition
	adage	old saying, proverb
	affectation	pretension, shame, pose
	aperture	opening
	aqueous	watery, aquatic, liquid
	cache	hiding place for treasures, stash
	caprice	sudden, unpredictable change, impules, whim
	contentious	eager to quarrel
	dearth	scarcity, lack
	delude	to deceive
	deluge	flood
	discursive	covering a wide area or digresing from a topic
	disseminate	to scatter or spread widely
	doff	to remove or take off
	erudite	knowledgeable and learned
	expunge	to delete or omit completely
	gregarious	fond of company
	magnanimous	noble, forgiving, patient, tolerant, unresentful
	misbegotten	poorly conceived, poorly planned, based on false assumptions or reasoning
	olfactory	relating to sense of smell
	quell	overpower, quench
	raze	destroy
	repartee	witty conversation, retort
	repudiate	to reject what one was once associated with
	rout	conquer, defeat, and chase off
	schism	division, break, conflict, clash
	torrid	hot, parched, sizzling
	wantonly	without a reason
	circumscribe	to encircle with a line, limit, outline, bound