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unit 1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| espouse v.t. | 1. to adopt or embrace, as a cause 2. to marry 3. to give (a woman) in marriage S: advocate, champion |
| penchant n. | 1. a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something S: affinity, proclivity |
| unanimity n. | 1. the state or quality of being unanimous; a consensus or undivided opinion S: agreement, unison |
| mitigate v. | 1. to lessen in force or intensity; make less severe 2. to make milder or meore gentle; mollify |
| cryptic adj. | 1. mysterious in meaning; puzzling 2. secret; occult 3. involving or using cipher or code S: ambiguoug, enigmatic, obscure |
| rebuttal n. | 1. an act of rebutting, as in a debate S: answer, parry |
| discord n. | 1. lack of concord or harmony between persons or things 2. disagreement; difference of opinion 3. strife; dispute; war 4. an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together 5. any congused or harsh noise; dissonance |
| relevant adj. | 1. bearing upon the matter at hand; pertinent 2. having practical value or applicability S: applicable |
| expedient adj. | 1. fit or suitable for the purpose; proper; advisable 2. conducive to advantage; governed by self-interest; advantageous n. 3. A handy means to an end S: appropriate, desirable |
| esoteric adj. | 1. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest for the initiates of a group; recondite 2. belonging to the select few 3. private; secret S: arcane |
| novice n. | 1. a person who is new to the circumstnaces, work, etc., in which he/she is placed; beginner 2. a person admitted into a religious order or congegra- tion for a period of probation before taking vows 3. a new member of a church |
| philantropist n. | 1. a person who practices philanthropy S: benefactor, patron |
| mar v.t. | 1. to damage the attractiveness or appeal of 2. impair S: blemish |
| effrontery n. | 1. shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity 2. an act or instance of this S: boldness, brashness, audacity |
| succinct adj. | 1. expressed in few words; concise; terse 2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity 3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass S: brief, short |
| sedate adj. v. | 1. composed. collected 2. to administer a sedative S: calm, dignified |
| vociferous adj. | 1. crying our noisily 2. characterized by noisy or vehement outcry S: clamorous, loud |
| fortuitous adj. | 1. happening or produced by chance; accidental 2. lucky; fortunate S: chance |
| trite adj. | 1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed 2. characteruzed by hackneyed espressions, ideas, etc. S: common, banal |
| banal adj. | 1. devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite S: commonplacy, hackneyed, trite |
| viable adj. | 1. capable of living 2. (of a fetus) sufficiently developed to be capabe of living, under normal conditions outside of the womb 3. having the ability to grow or develop 4. practicable; workable 5 capable of winning elections |
| incessant adj. | 1. continuing without interruption; unending S: continuous, ceaseless |
| mendacious adj. | 1. telling liesm esp. habitually; dishonest 2. false or untrue S: deceitful, untruthful |
| somber adj. | 1. gloomily dark; shadowy 2. dark and dull in color or tone 3. downcast; glum 4. extremely serious; grave S: dark, serious |
| plaintive adj. | 1. expresive of sorrow or melancholy 2. mournfun; sad S: fretful, woebegone, pitiful |
| redress, n, v.t. | 1. to put in order again; to set right; to revise - v.t. 2. to set right, as a wrong; to repair - v.t. 3. to make amends or compensation to - v.t. 4. a setting right, as of a wrong, injur, or oppression - n. S: reparation, compensatio |
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