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Collection 5
Historical Introduction Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Avarice | greed |
| Alacrity | promptness in responding; eagerness |
| Antipathy | strong dislike |
| Blithe | carefree |
| Conviction | fixed or strong belief |
| Delusion | false belief or opinion |
| Derision | ridicule; contempt |
| Eradication | utter destruction; obliteration |
| Effectual | productive; efficient |
| Expedient | convenient; means to an end |
| Efface | erase; wipe out |
| Effete | sterile; unproductive |
| Effervescent | bubbling up; foaming |
| Ethereal | not earthly; spiritual |
| Impregnable | impossible to capture or enter by force |
| Impart | reveal |
| Imperceptible | unnoticeable; so slight as not to be noticed; not clear or obvious to the senses or mind |
| Impervious | resistant; incapable of being penetrated |
| Iniquity | wickedness |
| Insurrection | rebellion; revolt |
| Insuperable | incapable of being overcome |
| Impetuous | impulsive |
| Integrity | sound moral principles; honesty |
| Melancholy | sad; gloom; sorrowful |
| Ostentatious | deliberately attracting notice |
| Obscurity | darkness |
| Obliterate | erase or destroy |
| Posterity | generations to come |
| Precarious | uncertain; insecure; risky; unstable |
| Ponderous | very heavy |
| Prostrate | lying flat |
| Pervert | misdirect; corrupt |
| Prevalent | widely existing; frequent |
| Proximity | nearness |
| Pensive | deeply thoughtful |
| Parsimony | stinginess |
| Pertinent | to the point; applying to the situation |
| Perennial | persistent; constant |
| Potent | powerful or effective |
| Ponder | think deeply |
| Plausibility | believability |
| Portend | signify |
| Penitent | sorry for doing wrong |
| Resolute | determined; resolved; unwavering |
| Semblance | outward appearance; likeness |
| Sagacious | wise; keenly perceptive |
| Stagnant | not flowing or moving |
| Superfluous | more than is needed or wanted; useless |
| Superficial | not profound; shallow |
| Temporal | temporary |
| Tumultuous | violent; noisy and disorderly; greatly agitated or disturbed; stormy |
| Transient | temporary; passing quickly or soon |
| Transcendent | excelling; surpassing |
| Veracious | honest; truthful |
| Venerable | worthy of respect, usually by reason of age |
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