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Vocab
vocab
Term | Definition |
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Apathy | Absence/suppression of emotion or excitement. |
Embark | To start an enterprise, business, etc. |
Quote | To repeat (a passage, phrase, etc) from a book, speech, or the like. |
Apprehend | To take into custody; arrest by legal warrant/authority. |
Encompass | To form a circle about; encircle, surround. |
Rebel | Person who refuses allegiance to, resists/rise arms against government/ruler of a country. |
assimilate | To take in and incorporate as one's own, absorb. |
Endeavor | To exert oneself to do/effect something: make an effort; strive. |
Rebuff | A blunt/abrupt rejection. |
Assumption | Something taken for granted. |
Evidence | That which tends to prove or disprove something: ground for belief: proof. |
Rebuke | To express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand. |