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Vocab 6 (Tompkins)
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj.) advanced in development | precocious |
| (adj.) wasteful, reckless with money | prodigal |
| (adj.) marvelous, enormous | prodigious |
| (n.) lavish expenditure, overabundant condition | profusion |
| (adj.) abundantly fruitful | prolific |
| (adj.) obstinately stubborn | recalcitrant |
| (v.) cancel | rescind |
| (n.) delay in punishment; interval of reliefl rest | respite |
| (n.) controlling force | restraint |
| (v.) respect; honor | revere |
| (v.) retire from public life; segregate; seclude | sequester |
| (adj.) slavish;cringing | servile |
| (adj.) dirty; neglected; poor | squalid |
| (v.) waste | squander |
| (adj.) trvial; shallow; only caring about the surface | superficial |
| (adj.) habitually silent; talking little | taciturn |