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Eng IV list 5
Question | Answer |
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affable | (adj) easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable; friendly |
amiable | (adj) friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable |
abysmal | (adj) very profound; limitlessly bad; wretched |
proscribe | (v) to prohibit; forbid |
pragmatic | (adj) dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical |
circumscribe | (v) to draw a line around; encircle |
utilitarian | (adj) exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical (pragmatic) |
provident | (adj) frugal; economical |
novel | (adj) strikingly new, unusual or different original |
innovate | (v) to begin or introduce (something new); create |
preclude | (v) to make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent |
instigate | (v) to stir up; foment; provoke |
artifice | (n) subtle but base deception; trickery |
attrition | (n) a gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress; gradual wearing away |
candor | (n) frankness or sincerity of expression; openness; truthfulness |