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Vocab Finals
Vocabulary 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To describe accurately | Delineate |
| Extreme wickedness | Nefarious |
| Everyday speech or slang | Vernacular |
| Muscular strength | Brawn |
| Publicly brag | Tout |
| Intensify, improve | Enhance |
| Something that delays or blocks action | Hindrance |
| Erase, wear away | Efface |
| One who consumes mass quantities of food | Glutton |
| Break or vacation | Hiatus |
| Grumbly, Grumpy | Querulous |
| To create, to cause | Engender |
| To destroy completely | Obliterate |
| Abundant; plentiful | Copious |
| Dark, unknown; hard to understand | Obscure |
| Praise highly | Extol |
| Eager to fight | Pugnacious |
| To calm; pacify | Quell |
| A person who is skillful with their hands | Artisan |
| Start fire | Kindle |
| To confirm; to back up with evidence | Corroborate |
| Feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense | Amorous |
| Proper; in good taste | Decorous |
| To speed up the progress of | Expedite |
| Naturally peaceful, happy | Idyllic |
| To place side by side in order to compare | Juxtapose |
| Brilliant; giving off heat or light | Incandescent |
| To annoy thoroughly | Exasperate |
| Lacking harmony or agreement | Discordant |
| Highly unstable; explosive | Volatile |
| To swell or expand | Distend |
| Fertile or productive | Fecund |
| A wiseman; to be wise through experience and reflection | Sage |
| Lacking ideas of intelligence | Vacuous |
| To ridicule, insult | Deride |
| To attack with words or force | Assail |
| Generous; kind; loving; caring | Benevolent |
| To examine very carefully | Scrutinize |
| Overly dramatic | Histrionic |
| Intended to teach; morally instructive | Didactic |