Vocabulary from Chapters 1 - 20
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Bewail | To express deep regret or sorry over.
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Destiture | 1. Without resource or possesions, especially the necessities of life. 2. Laking; devoid of.
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Detract | To take away, epecially from the value, beauty, or importance of.
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Emancipate | To set free from slavery; to liberate.
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Extol | To praise highly.
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Flamboyant | Excessively showy; unrestrained.
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Impetus | 1. A driving force; anything that causes an action. 2. Increased activity resulting from a driving force.
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Insuperable | Incapable of being overcome or defeated.
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Intermittent | Not continuous; happening at intervals.
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Maxim | A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying.
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Obligatory | Required or demanded.
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Plumb | 1. To measure the depth of water. 2. To reach the deepest part of. 3. To understand by examining closely; to solve. 4. Straight up and down; vertical.
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Vagabond | A person who wanders from place to place.
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Visage | A face; especially one that expresses feelings.
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Wheedle | 1. To coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise. 2. To gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise.
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Alacrity | 1. Promptness in responding. 2. Eagerness.
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Array | 1. A large group of people or things. 2. An orderly arrangement or display. 3. To place in order. 4. To dress up.
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Deduce | To draw a conclusion from given facts.
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Encumber | 1. To weigh down or burden. 2. To impede the action of.
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Fraught | Full of or accompanied by (usually followed by with)
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Haphazard | Marked by lack of plan, order, or direction.
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Incontrovertible | Impossible to dispute; unquestionable.
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Inexplicable | Hard to explain or impossible to understand.
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Ingenious | Marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness.
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Laggard | One who falls behind others because of moving slowly or lotering; a straggler.
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Sustenance | Something that provides nourishment; food need to live.
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Torrid | 1. Intensely hot and dry.
2. Burninging with passion.
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Traverse | TO pass over, across, or through.
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Ubiquitous | Appearing to be present in large numbers or in many different place.
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Zenith | 1. The highest point; the peak.
2. The point in the sky directly above the observer.
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Allude | To refer to in an indirect way (used with to).
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Consecrated | 1. To set apart as holy.
2. To dedicate to a cause; to devootee
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