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Word Weath 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cavil | v. to quibble, find fault. Nitpicking-v. to informally find fault |
| Coincide | v. to match exactly |
| Identify | n. Your personality/ who you are |
| Collaborate | v. to work together |
| Collusion | n. cooperation for a fraudulent purpose |
| Condone | V. To excuse through ignoring |
| Remission | n. a pardon, cancellation of sins |
| Amnesty | n. forgiving of a government |
| Absolution | n. forgiveness (church) |
| Exoneration | n. free of blame |
| Reprieve | n. a temporary excuse |
| Exculpation | n. free of blame |
| Contemplate | v. to mediate upon |
| Construe | v. To interpret, explain |
| Deter | v. to hinder |
| Inhibit | v. to hinder through showing weaknesses |
| Abash | v. to ridicule |
| Dissuade | v. to convince not to try |
| Enjoin | v. to urge strongly to the point of forbidding, prohibiting, or taking legal action against |
| Dishearten | v. to reduce eagerness to point of giving up |
| Daunt | v. to shake or weaken courage |
| Disparage | v. to ridicule |
| Minimize | v. to give the lowest estimate of |
| Deride | v. to under rate |
| Detract | v. to take away from |
| Aspersions | n. words used to ridicule |
| Misprize | v. to scorn |
| Emanate | v. to flow forth |
| Emerge | v. to flow forth |
| Erupt | v. to flow forth with force |
| Issue | v. to give forth |
| Percolate | v. to flow through |
| Exude | v. to give forth slowly |
| Derive | v. to come from (language) |
| Exemplify | v. to serve as a model of |
| Alacrity | N. a liveliness |
| Vivacity | n. a lively willingness |
| Verve | n. liveliness plus enthusiasm and spirit |
| Ardor | n. a burning eagerness, enthusiasm or zeal |
| Animation | n. zest |
| Irreverence | n. lack of respect |
| Calumny | n. slander |
| Vilification | n. slander |
| Defamation | n. slander |
| Traducement | n. Slander |
| Scurrility | n. obscene, jocular slander |
| Lampoon | n. comic or satirical abuse |
| Libel | n. published slander |
| Chagrin | n. humiliation |
| Discomposure | n. an unevenness of the mind |
| Mortification | n. terror/horror |
| Consternation | n. amazement an terror, dismay |
| Perturbation | n. anger |
| Palpitation | n. shaking of the body and/or mind |
| Trepidation | n. dismay on a lesser level than consternation |
| Equanimity | n. evenness of mind |
| Dilemma | n. an agonizing choice between two |
| Quandary | n. a state of great perplexity |
| Impasse | n. a deadlock, no solution |
| Enigma | n. a perplexing situation |
| Anagram | n. words that create other words |
| Conundrum | n. a puzzle with a riddle |
| charade | n. an underhanded event |
| Labyrinth | n. a maze |
| Cryptogram | n. message in cipher |
| Paradox | n. a contradiction |
| Erudition | n. the scholarly knowledge |
| Savant | n. a person with scholarly knowledge |
| Pundit | n. an opinionated scholar |
| Fecundity | n. fruitfulness |
| Fruition | n. the end product of productiveness |
| Prolific | adj. state of being fruitful |
| Immolation | n. a sacrifice |
| Innovation | n. a new method/custom/invention |
| Genesis | n. a beautiful, poetic beginning |
| Embarkation | n. a launching (ship) |
| Inception | n. unromantic, businesslike beginning of method, system, plan or affair |
| Initiative | n. the act of beginning or leading off |
| Commencement | n. a beginning (graduation) |
| Inauguration | n. puts into operation a person in office |
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