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Vocab 13
Question | Answer |
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inert | adj. unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish syn: dormant; passive ant: dynamic; active |
circumvent | v. to get around; to bypass syn: avoid |
clandestine | adj. secret syn: covert; furtive ant: open; aboveboard |
acquit | v. to find not guilty of a fault or a crime syn: absolve ant: convict |
deprecate | v. to express strong disapproval of syn: deplore ant: approve; praise |
barrister | n. lawyer |
adulation | n. excessive praise or admiration syn: flattery; adoration ant: derision |
culinary | having to do with the kitchen or cooking |
bawdy | indecent; humorously obscene syn: risque; lewd ant: innocent; clean |
chastise | to punish severely syn: discipline |
jocose | adj joking; humorous syn: witty; funny; playful; jocund ant: serious |
myriad | n. a very large number adj. too numerous to be counted n. syn: host; multitude adj syn: countless; innumerable ant: few; limited |
latent | adj. present but not active; hidden syn: dormant ant: manifest |
pernicious | adj. destructive; deadly syn: malignant; harmful ant: benign |
frugal | adj. thrifty; economical in money matters syn: economical ant: wasteful; profligate |