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black cat vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solicit | v. to petition persistently, to seek out |
| succinctly | adv. tersely, briefly, concisely |
| expound | v. to explain or explain in detail |
| docility | n. tameness, a willingness to be taught, good behavior |
| disposition | n. mood or temperament |
| conspicuous | adj, obvious, easily noticed |
| indulge | v. to spoil; to give in, as to a craving or desire |
| derive | v. to receive from a source, to originate |
| sagacious | adj. intelligent, shrewd, clever |
| derivable | adj. able to receive from a source, obtainable |
| paltry | adj. pitifully small or worthless |
| fidelity | n. loyalty |
| uncongenial | adj. dissimilar in tastes and habits |
| partiality | n. a special liking to something, favoritism or favorable bias |
| procure | v. to obtain |
| tincture | v. to imbue with a quality |
| allusion | n. indirect reference |
| temperament | n. an attitude, a manner of behaving |
| intemperance | n. lack or restraint or self control |
| intemperate | adj. excessive with regards to one's behavior, immoderate |
| retain | v. to hold, keep possession of |
| restrain | v. to control, restrict, repress, hold back |
| scruple | n. a hesitation caused by moral conscience |
| peevish | adj. marked by ill temper |
| malevolence | n. ill-will, desire to cause evil or harm to others |
| atrocity | n. revolting wickedness, cruelty |
| debauch | n. excessive eating or drinking |
| sentiment | n. an attitude, thought, or judgement prompted by feeling |
| remorse | n. a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt |
| equivocal | adj. ambiguous, open to more than one interpretation |
| irrevocable | adj. conclusive, irreversible |
| perverseness | n. deliberate disobedience or misbehavior |
| impulse | n. a sudden tendency, inclination |
| faculty | n. the ability to act or do |
| perpetual | adj. endless lasting |
| inclination | n. a tendency towards |
| unfathomable | adj. very difficult to understand; incapable of being measured |
| vex | v. to irritate, annoy |
| consummate | v. to accomplish, to complete |
| conflagration | n. a big destructive fire |
| grave | v. to carve to cut into a hard surface |
| apparition | n. an unexpected unusual sight or appearance; a ghostly figure |
| adjacent | adj. next to, close, bordering |
| stupefied | adj. having dull senses; stunned, astonished |
| infamy | n. reputation for bad deeds |
| draw | v. to attract or be attracted to |
| repose | v. to relaxe or rest |
| constitute | v. to be the part or components of something; to compose |
| evince | v. to show clearly or display |
| loathing | adj. hatred or dislike |
| odious | adj. hateful, contemptible |
| pestilence | n. epidemic, plague, illness |
| aversion | n. intense dislike |
| pertinacity | n. stubborm, persistence |
| loathsome | adj. abhorrent, hateful |
| chimera | n. a fantasy or dream |
| loathe | v. to despise, abhor, hate |
| gallows | n. a structure with a suspended noose used for hanging |
| contemptuously | adv. scornfully |
| incarnate | adj. having human or bodily form; personified |
| incumbent | adj. leaning or pressing upon something else |
| succumb | v. to give in or over to a superior force |
| compel | v. to urge or force |
| exasperate | v. to irritate |
| wrath | n. anger, rage |
| descend | v. to pass from a higher place to a lower place |
| goad | v. to prod or urge |
| resolve | v. to determine or to make a firm decision |
| expedient | n. a method |
| adapted | adj. accustomed, equipped |
| minute | adj. precise, detailed |
| forbear | v. to refrain or resist |
| detested | adj. intensely hated |
| inscrutability | n. the inability to be fully seen or understood |
| ascend | v. to rise to another level or climb; to move upward |
| allay | v. to lessen, ease, or soothe |
| arch | adj. having a higher rank, most important |
| anomalous | adj. irregular or deviating from the norm |
| exult | v. to be extremely joyful, to rejoice |
| consign | v. to commit especially to a final destination or fate |
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