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Speak Vocab 2
Question | Answer |
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Savant | a person of learning |
Thespian | dramatic actor |
Predator | One that devours |
Indoctrination | (brainwashing)Instruct with beliefs, theories, and doctrines |
Obscene | offensive to morality or decency |
Obstinate | firmly adhearing to one's opinion |
Potpourri | A mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
Paparazzi | freelance photographers capturing photographs of celebrities |
Inspiration | an inspiring or animating action or influence |
Expiration | coming to an end |
Floundering | to make clumsy attempts to regain one's balance |
Blather | to talk without making sense |
Interim | a temporary arrangement, stop gap, make shift |
Xenophobic | person who is very fearful or disliking of foreigners or strangers |
Redemption | act or process of redeeming or the state of being redeemed |
Abysmal | extremely or hopelessly bad |
Bigoted | utterly intolerant of any creed, belief, or opinion the differs from one's own |
Asphyxiated | to cause or lose consciousness by imparing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agent; choke; suffocate; smother |
Cubism | a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized by the emphasis on formal structure, geometrical shapes |