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1-4 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vitiate | to reduce the value of; make impure |
| Pacify | to ease the anger or agitation of |
| Dearth | a lack; a scarce supply |
| Indolence | habitual laziness |
| Marred | damaged; disfigured |
| Supercilious | haughty; disdainful |
| Squander | to spend wastefully or extravagantly |
| Ardent | passionate |
| Beset | to trouble persistently; harass |
| Countenance | appearance, especially the look or expression of the face |
| Cursory | going rapidly over something without noticing details hasty; superficial |
| Engender | to bring into existence |
| Charisma | a spiritual power |
| Demagogue | a person who gains power by appealing to the emotions |
| Placate | to calm or soothe |
| Indigenous | produced by a character |
| Labyrinth | a place that is constructed that is difficult to find our way out of |
| Exacerbate | to increase the bitterness and violence |
| Incense | something that produces a nice smell when burned |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear |
| Rudimentary | first principles of a subject |
| Credulous | gullible, ready to trust easily |
| Lucid | easily understood |
| Sacrosanct | extremely sacred |
| Aptitude | a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning |
| Circumspect | careful, cautious |
| Metamorphosis | a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances |
| Substantive | being the essence or essential element of a thing, having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial |
| Nepotism | favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) |
| Solicitous | full of anxiety or concern |
| Inclement | stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| Obscure | not clearly understood or expressed |
| Jeopardy | danger |
| Nebulous | lacking definite form or limits; vague or cloudy |
| Diverse | many and different |
| Stratum | a layer or level |
| Docile | easily managed or handled |
| Impartial | not biased |
| Precedent | a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern |
| Figurative | metaphorically not literally |
| Reiterate | to sat or do again |
| Prudent | wise or judicious in practical affairs |
| Negligence | to ignore or betray |
| Innocuous | not harmful or injurious |
| Lax | not strict or severe |
| Precipitate | the occurrence of |
| Equivocate | to use unclear expressions, to avoid commitment or in order to mislead |
| Assiduous | constant |