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M.F Vocab Unit 3
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abnegate VERB | To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce |
| Ambience NOUN | Atmosphere; mood; feeling |
| Assiduous ADJECTIVE | Hardworking; busy; quiet diligent |
| Cadence NOUN | Rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds |
| Colloquial ADJECTIVE | Conversational; informal in language |
| Criterion NOUN | Standard; basis for judgment |
| Discriminate VERB | To notice or point out the difference two or more things; to discern; to differentiate |
| Epitome NOUN | A brief summary that captures the mean of the whole; the perfect answer of something |
| Fescund ADJECTIVE | Fertile; productive |
| Histrionic ADJECTIVE | overly dramatic; theatrical |
| Inert ADJECTIVE | Inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically |
| largess NOUN | Generous giving of gifts, generosity; philanthropy |
| miniscule ADJECTIVE | Very thin |
| painstaking ADJECTIVE | extremely careful |
| Proselytize VERB | to convert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another, to recruit converts to a religion |
| reprove VERB | to criticize mildly |
| squalor NOUN | Filth; wretched, degraded or repulsive living conditions |
| temperate ADJECTIVE | Mild; moderate; restrained |
| Verisimilitude NOUN | Similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing |
| Plaintive ADJECTIVE | Expressing sadness |