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quiz 5 ACT Vocab
Morreim
Question | Answer |
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abject | adj: sunk to or exiting in a low state or condition of shooing utter resignation to; hopeless contemptible; mean; base; wretched; miserable |
affront | v: offend; insult an insult |
aspersion | n: statement of defamation; slanderous statement slur (to cast) ; defamation |
bauble | n: something that is bright and showy, may be expensive but usually of little use; a fool's scepter trinket; tinsel |
burnish | v: to polish or become polished by rubbing polish; buff |
cite | v: to quote by way of evidence, authority, proof; to bring to mind; to recall as proof or example quote; mention |
contingency | n: something liable to happen as a chance feature or an accompaniment or something else; something the is subject to chance; something that may possibly happen if conditions are right possibility; eventuality |
charlatan | n: one claiming knowledge or skill he does not have fake; quack |
distraught | adj: torn apart by doubt or mental conflict; deeply troubled confused; agitated; harried; crazed |
deplore | v: to feel or express deep sorrow over; to regard as very unfortunate or wrong; to regret strongly lament; regret |