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vocab 13-16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| advocate | to promote |
| ANTIPATHY | A STRONG DISLIKE |
| EMANCIPATE | TO FREE |
| IDIOSYNCRASY | A PERSONAL HABIT |
| IMMINENT | LIKELY TO OCCUR SOON |
| IMPEDE | TO SLOW DOWN |
| INCLUSIVE | COMPLETE |
| JURISDICTION | CONTROL |
| PRECARIOUS | UNSAFE |
| PREPOSTEROUS | RIDICULOUS/ABSURD |
| AUSTERE | VERY PLAIN |
| ESOTERIC | DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND |
| FACSIMILE | AN ACCURATE COPY |
| GROTESQUE | STRANGE-LOOKING |
| MESMERIZE | TO FASCINATE |
| METAMORPHOSIS | A CHANGE IN FORM |
| NOTORIOUS | REGARDED NEGATIVELY |
| PERFUNCTORY | UNINTERESTED |
| PROVOCATIVE | ATTENTION-GETTING |
| TRAVESTY | A JOKING, DISRESPECTFUL IMITATION |
| CONNOISSEUR | A LEADER |
| CONSPIRACY | A PLOT |
| CONTRITE | SORRY |
| DISTRAUGHT | UPSET |
| GERMANE | RELATED |
| LUCID | EASY TO UNDERSTAND |
| PLIGHT | AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION |
| SUPERFICIALLY | SLIGHTLY |
| SYMMETRICAL | BALANCED |
| VERBOSE | WORDY |