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Vocab lesson 13-14
13-14 vocab
Question | Answer |
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inerst | unable to act or move |
circumvent | to get around; to bypass |
acquit | to find not guilty of a fault or crime |
clandestine | secret |
deprecate | to express strong disapproval of |
barrister | lawyer (British) |
adulation | excessive praise or admiration |
culinary | having to do with the kitchen or cooking |
bawdy | indecent; humorously obscene |
chastise | to punish severly |
joscose | joking; humorous |
myraid | a very large number; too numerous to be counted |
latent | present, but not active; hidden |
pernicious | destructive; deadly |
frugal | thrifty; economical in money matters |
levity | lightness of deposition; lack of seriousness |
hoax | a practical joke; a trick |
amicable | friendly; peaceful |
obstreperous | aggressively boisterous; stubborn and defiant |
enraptured | delighted beyond measure |
martial | having to do with marraige |
bask | to expose oneself to pleasant warmth |
genial | friendly; amiable |
charlatan | one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others |
mundane | commonplace; earthly and not spiritual |
fickle | likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason |
juggernaut | a terrible destructive or irresistible force. |
naive | unsophisticated |
nocturnal | having to do with night; occurring at night |
novice | a beginner; one who is inexperienced |