Bartleby Vocab Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
avocation | something one does in addition to his regular work |
imprimis | in the first place |
orbicular | circular |
arduous | laborious |
abrogation | abolishment |
cistern | a large underground tank for storing water |
augment | To increase or become greater |
fervid | impassioned, fervent |
gesticulate | to make or use gestures |
sallow | a sickly pale yellow color |
usurpation | the act of taking, as of power and holding by force without right |
testiness | irritability, touchy |
malediction | a curse |
dun | a person who demands payment of debt |
execrable | inferior, abominable |
obstreperousness | noisy or unruly, especially in resisting |
pernicious | deadly or causing ruin |
restive | unruliness, testiness |
surmise | a guess/ to guess |
vinther | a person who sells wine |
paroxysm | a fit or sudden outburst |
alacrity | eager readiness or willingness |
purveyor | a supplier |
mollify | to soothe or appease |
sanguine | cheerful/ passionate |
mettlesome | interfering |
sufferage | a vote |
dyspeptic | of, or having indigestion |
envince | to show plainly |
vagary | an odd or unexpected bit of action or conduct |
pugilistic | of boxing |
dissipation | indulgence in pleasure |
tacit | unspoken |
incipient | the first stage of existence |
perversness | contrariness or wickedness |
inadvertence | an oversight or mistake |
dishabbile | the state of being dressed partially in night clothes |
cadaverous | Like a dead body |
nonchalance | cool or calmy indifferent |
effrontery | unashamed boldness |
pallid | pale, faint in color |
chimera | foolish fancy or imagining |
presentiment | a feeling that something especially of a evil nature is about to take place |
attenuate | to make slender or thin |
nettle | to irritate or annoy |
aberration | a deviation from the normal, mental lapse |
choleric | quick tempered |
hector | to bully |
hapless | unfortunate, unlucky |
salutary | healthful, beneficial |
obtrude | to force upon others unasked |
apprise | to inform or notify |
indubitably | without doubt |
quiescent | still |
summary | hasty and arbitrary |
ascertain | to find out with even certainty |
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