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Vocab 9
Vocab words
Term | Definition |
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Ignominious | characterized by or associated with disgrace dishonor or shame; humiliating; deserving of disgrace; contemptible |
Prevalent | accepted or used or practiced by most people |
Amenable | readily giving in or agreeing |
Reverberate | to reflect sound; echo; bounce back and forth |
Circumvent | to manage to avoid or evade esp. by clever maneuvering; to go around; skirt; bypass. |
Contradiction | the act of contradicting or the condition of being contradicted; a condition in which two things are in opposition to each other; inconsistency |
Intimidation | the act of causing someone to become frightened |
Derive | to receive or obtain from a source |
Discern | 1. detect with the senses; 2. to distinguish mentally;m 3. to recognize as separate or different. |
Warily | in a cautious or watchful manner. |