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Lesson 6 AW
| acquiesce | to consent without protest; to comply passively |
| amiable | friendly; disposed; good-natured; socialbe |
| cantankerous | disagreeable; quarrelsome; ill-tempered; crabby |
| capitulate | to surrender; to give in; to stop resisting; to give up |
| copious | plentiful;having or giving ample supply; abundant |
| delusion | false belief or opinion, sometimes as a symptom of mental illness |
| diligent | careful and persevering in carrying out tasks; showing care and perseverance |
| efface | to erase; wipe out; rub out |
| equivocal | of uncertain meaning; open to multiple interpretations; ambiguous |
| eradicate | to root up; to get ride of as if by uprooting; to eliminate; to obliterate |
| erroneous | mistaken; incorrect; containing a mistake or based on error |
| extraneous | not essential; irrelevant; coming from outside; superfluous |
| frugal | costing little; thrifty; showing economy; careful in use of resources |
| futile | having no effective result, pointless, unsuccessful |
| hiatus | gap; interruption; pause; break; intermission |
| inadvertent | without attention; unintentional |
| innate | existing from birth; inborn; no learned |
| jocular | characterized by joking and good humor; a tendency to make fun |
| judicious | showing a good judgment; perceeding from good judgment |
| notoriety | the situation of being known for something unfavorable; having a bad reputation |
| oracle | source of wisdom; originally divine |
| osmosis | diffusion of fluid though a semi-permeable membrane |
| perfunctory | done with little or interest or care |
| portent | indication of a future event, an omen |
| prosaic | matter-of-fact; lacking imagination or inspiration; dull |
| protract | to draw out; prolong |
| redolent | aromatic; fragrant; suggestive |
| retribution | recompense that is deserved; punishment that is deserved, revenge |
| sedulous | persevering; diligent; with constant effort or application |
| strident | loud or harsh; urgent; clamorous; calling attention |
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