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Academic Vocabulary3
Term | Definition |
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Augment (vt) | To increase; to enlarge |
Auspicious (adj) | Favorable; fortunate |
Austere (adj) | Somber; ascetic; severe |
Autonomous (adj) | Self-governing; independent |
Avarice (n) | Greed; cupidity |
Baleful (adj) | Ominous; sinister; deadly |
Bathos (n) | Triteness; anti-climax |
Benediction (n) | Blessing; approval |
Beneficent (adj) | Beneficial; advantageous |
Benevolent (adj) | Kind; charitable; generous |
Benign (adj) | Gracious; favorable; mild |
Blithe (adj) | Joyous; glad; cheerful |
Bucolic (adj) | Pastoral; rustic; rural |
Bumptious (adj) | Noisily self-assertive; obstrusive |
Cacophony (n) | Dissonance; harshness in sound |
Cadaverous (adj) | Gaunt; emaciated; corpse-like |
Cadence (adj) | Rhythm |
Calumny (n) | Slander; false accusation |
Capricious (adj) | Impulsive; unpredictable |
Captious (adj) | Critical; fault-finding |