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Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 11 Definition

Terms in this set (22)

Brevity
Shortness
Comport
To conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement;
Concise
To put in very few words;
Demure
Sober or serious in manner, modest;
Depreciation
A lessening in value; a belittling
Deteriorate
To lower in quality or value; to wear away;
Divulge
To tell, reveal; to make public;
Enlightened
Free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understand;
Forestall
To prevent by acting first;
Garble
To distort in such a away as to make unintelligible;
Proponent
One who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief;
Quaver
To shake, tremble; to trill;
Recoil
To spring back, shrink
Recoil
The act of springing back;
Recoup
To make up for, regain;
Reek
An unpleasant smell;
Reek
To give off unpleasant smalls; to give a strong impression;
Relentless
Unyielding, harsh, without pity;
Rivulet
A small stream;
Squander
To spend foolishly, waste;
Staccato
Detached or disconnected in sound or style;
Statute
A Law
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