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vocab lesson-10
pg 581-624
Question | Answer |
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hiatus | a gap or break in continuity |
deflicit | a shortfall or deficiency |
prestigious | having a great reputation, highly respected |
contemptuous | scornful or disrespectful |
laudable | worthy of high praise |
precursor | something that comes before and signals or prepares the way for what will follow |
annihilate | to destroy completly |
carnage | massive slaughter |
contending | struggling in rivalry |
malice | desire to harm others |
reconcile | restore friendly relations |
stark | harsh or grim |
boisterous | noisy and lacking inrestraint or disipline |
alleviate | to make easier or provide relief |
stridently | harsh conspicuously |
complicity | association or partnership in a crime or offense |
rhetoric | grand but empty talk |
speculative | based on guesses and theories rather than facts |
proponent | a person who pleads for or supports a cause |
impede | to obstruct of hinder |