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Lesson 5 by AP Strategies Vocab

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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acrimonious   caustic (angry and mean)  
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ameliorate   to make better, to relieve, to improve  
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amenable   open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion  
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amorphous   shapeless, having no definate form  
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buoyant   capable of floating, cheerful  
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cajole   to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax or wheedle  
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calamity   a serious event causing distress or misfortune  
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debase   to reduce in dignity or quality  
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efface   to erase or wear away  
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elucidate   to make clear, to explain  
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ephemeral   lasting a short period of time, fleeting  
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ferocity   savagery  
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flourish   to thrive, to grow well  
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haughty   arrogant, excessively proud and vain  
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impervious   incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged  
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inane   lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid  
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indolence   laziness  
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infalliable   incapable of error  
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inscrutable   difficult to understand; mysterious  
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languid   slow, sluggish, listless, weak  
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malice   desire to harm others  
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oblique   slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading  
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opulence   wealth, affluence, abundance  
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penitent   showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentent  
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perfunctory   acting routinely with little interest or care  
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