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Avalos Week 4
Words 1-40
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstain | to choose not to do something |
| Audacious | fearless and daring |
| Banal | predictable, cliched, boring |
| Cacophony | harsh, jarring noise |
| Decorum | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
| Eclectic | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
| Malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma |
| Satiate | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
| Vacillate | to physically sway or to be indecisivew |
| Aberrant | deviating from what is normal or expected |
| Bolster | support, prop up |
| Candid | impartial and honest in speech |
| Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock |
| Efficacy | effectiveness |
| Fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
| Laconic | using few words |
| Malleable | capable of being shaped |
| Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser |
| Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
| Abscond | to leave secretly |
| Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
| Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
| Desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
| Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
| Fawn | to grovel |
| Garrulous | tending to talk a lot |
| Naïve | lacking sophistication or experience |
| Paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| Venerate | to respect deeply |
| Abyss | an extremely deep hole |
| Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
| Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| Eloquent | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
| Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
| Pedant | someone who shows off learning |
| Perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
| Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| Tacit | done without using words |
| Zeal | passion, excitement |