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Level F--Unit 10
Question | Answer |
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Accrue | (v.)to grow or accumulate over time |
Annotation | (n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment(literary work) |
Bedlam | (n.) state or scene of uproar and confusion |
Covert | (adj.) Hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered or secluded |
Debonair | (adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner |
Dun | (v.) to demand insistently especially in payment of debt; (n.) a creditor (adj.) dark or dull |
Efficacious | (adj.) effective- producing results |
Equanimity | (n.) calmness- composure- refusal to panic |
Fortuitous | (adj.) accidental- occurring by a happy chance |
Gist | (n.) the essential part- main point or essence |
Gratuitous | (adj.) freely given; not called for by circumstances; unwarranted |
Imperious | (adj.) overbearing; arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing; compelling |
Invective | (n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language (adj.) abusive, |
Motley | (adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or colors (n.) a jester |
Munificent | (adj.) extremely generous, lavish |
Procrastinate | (v.) to delay; put off until later |
Provocative | (adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response;arousing desire or appetite; irritating |
Recondite | (adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding |
Reprobate | (n.) a depraved vicious or unprincipled person; scoundrel (adj.) wicked, corrupt(v.) to disapprove of, condemn |
Sedentary | (adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place |