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Vocabulary- List 9

WordMeaning
Emulate To imitate, copy
Enamor Fill with love
Equanimity Evenness of mind, especially under stress
Espouse To give support to
Exasperate To cause irritation or annoyance
Exigencey Great urgency, requiring immediate attention
Fallible Prone to making errors
Fastidious Exacting, meticulous, hard to please
Fathom Figure out, comprehend, probe the depth of
Feasible Possible
Fervor Intense feelings, great passion
Flaunt To violate conventions, treat with contempt
Garish Excessively vivid colors
Gingerly Very cautious, careful
Gratuitous Not called for by the circumstances, as a gratuitous insult
Gullible Easily fooled or duped
Hubris Excessive pride, arrogance
Idiosyncrasy Any personal peculiarity, eccentricity
Incandescent Giving off light, gleaming, brilliantly shining
Incantation Use of spells or verbal charms spoken as part of a magical ritual
Incipient In the early stages, just beginning, embryonic
Incontrovertible Cannot be disaproved
Indelicate Lacking a sensitivity for the feelings of others, tactless
Indiscreet An action marked by a lack of decorum, hence tasteless
Indomitable Incapable of being subdued, unconquerable
Ineffable Incabable of being expressed, indescribable
Innate Present in an individual from birth
Insipid Without flavor, tasteless, not exciting, dull
Insolent Disrespectful in speech or conduct, haughty
Insuperable Something incapable of being overcome
Irrevocable Not possible to revoke, unalterable, unable to be called back
Legion A very large number
Levity Light-hearted humor
Limpid Transparent, perfectly clear
Linchpin The key element in something
Machinations Scheming or crafty actions intended to accomplish an evil end
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