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8th vocab unit #4
Question | Answer |
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prone | lying face down |
sustain | to support; nourish |
staid | serious and dignified |
solicitous | showing concern or care |
residue | a remainder, used up or remove |
recourse | a person or thing turned to for help or advice |
qualm | a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving or doubt |
promontory | a high point of land extending into the water |
porous | full of tiny holes |
peruse | to read thoroughly and carefully |
Oust | to remove, drive out of position or place |
Ornate | elaborately decorated |
Obsess | to troubles, haunt, or fill the mind |
Nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
Muster | to bring together for service or battle, to gather |
Frivolous | of little importance, not worthy of serious attention |
Deplore | to feel or express regret |
Bolster | to support, give a boost to |
Blasé | indifferent, bored with the many pleasures of life |
Annul | to reduce to nothing, to make ineffective |