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vocab workshop final
Question | Answer |
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ironic | sarcastic |
musty | stale |
ominous | not favorable |
pinnacle | a high peak |
premeditated | considered before |
rampant | running wild |
solace | comfort/ relief |
stately | dignified/ majestic |
supple | bending easily |
accede | to yeild to |
brandish | to wave |
deft | skillful |
destitute | deprived of |
explicit | definite/clearly |
inopportune | not appropriate |
venal | open to or marked by bribery |
abhor | to hate deeply |
amend | to change in a formal way |
buffet | to slap or cuff; to strike |
chaos | disorder |
commodious | roomy |
corrosive | eating away gradualy |
discern | to see clearly |
extant | still existing |
implicate | to involve |
inter | to bury |
martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
obviate | to anticipate and prevent |
renegade | on who leaves a group |
reprehensible | deserving blame |
squalid | filthy wretched |
vociferous | loud/noisy |
voluminous | of great size |
animosity | strong dislike |
apathy | a lack of feelings |
commend | to praise |
compatible | able to get along |
condolence | sympathy |
consecrate | to make scred |
decrepit | old and feeble |
deride | to ridicule |
ingenuous | innocent |
multifarious | having great variety |
obsolete | out of date |
omnivorous | eating every kind of food |
parsimonious | stingy/poor/small |
quandary | state of perplexity/doubt |
revel | to take pleasure in |
suave | smoothly agreeable/polite |
altruistic | unselfish |
benefactor | one who does good for others |
chivalrous | courtesy/knightly |
dearth | a lack of |
discrepancy | a difference |
embark | to go aboard |
indomitable | unconquerable |
plod | to walk heavily |
pungent | stinging smell |
remiss | neglectful in performance/careless |
repose | to rest |
temerity | boldness |
truculent | fierce and cruel |
unfeigned | sincere real |
virulent | extremely poisonous |