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ww9 ch 2
Term | Definition |
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alacrity | promptness in responding, eagerness |
array | large group of things, orderly arrangement |
deduce | to draw a conclusion |
encumber | to weigh down, to impede |
fraught | full of something |
haphazard | no order or plan or direction |
incontrovertible | impossible to prove wrong |
inexplicable | hard to explain or understand |
ingenious | cleverness, marked by imagination, resourcefulness |
laggard | one who falls behind others because of moving slowly or loitering |
sustenance | something that provides nourishment or food |
torrid | hot and dry |
traverse | to pass over, across, or through |
ubiquitous | appearing in large numbers or in many different places |
zenith | the highest point, the peak, the point in the sky directly above the observer |