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LA-vocab1
Eng. Vocab
Question | Answer |
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perils | sources of danger |
reputation | beliefs/opinions held about someone |
superstition | excessively credulous belief in supernatural beings |
papable | able to be touched or felt |
menace | person/thing that is likely to cause a threat or danger |
scruples | moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions |
mirage | optical illusion |
providence | protective care of God |
tartar | hard calcified deposit that forms on teeth |
solicitous | showing interest or concern |
ennui | feeling listlessness from lack of occupation or excitement |
deplorable | causing grief |
siesta | afternoon rest, nap |
au revoir | goodbye |
futile | pointless |
pungent | having sharp taste or smell |
precariously | exposed danger |
placid | not easily upset or excited |
stereotype | a widely held but fixed idea of a person or things |