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Sanders8-voc.unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| attire | to dress; to clothe; clothes |
| chronic | lasting a long time or coming back again; continual or done by habit |
| distort | to change from a natural shape; to change from what is true; to fail to truly represent |
| docile | gentle,obedient, and trainable; easy to deal with |
| doleful | full of sorrow or sadness |
| fallacy | a false or mistaken idea, belief, or opinion; an error in reasoning; incorrect reasoning |
| fruitful | producing results; successful |
| immobile | not movable;motionless; not moving |
| indignation | deep anger about something that seems wrong, unjust, or mean |
| ostracize | to exclude ro keep out;to refuse to have anything to do with |
| pompous | showing too great an opinion of one's own importance; having an exaggerated idea of one's own dignity |
| revoke | to take back or bring to an end something that has been given or permitted,such as a right, agreement, or privilege |
| snare | a trap used to catch small animals or something that works as a trap by being tempting or attractive; to catch in a snare or trap |
| splurge | to spend freely or too freely; to be extravagant; wild spending; an unnecessary expense or luxury |
| wince | to shrink or draw back slightly from something in disgust, pain, or fear; the act of wincing |
| acquisition | soemthing acquired; something one gets or gains |
| admonish | to scold gently; to caution, warn, or advise someone about his or her behavior or duties |
| botch | to spoil by poor or clumsy work; to repair badly; a poor or clumsy piece of work |
| congenial | friendly, agreeable, and pleasant; able to get along; have similar likes and dislikes |
| cope | to deal with something successfully; to overcome difficulties |
| deceptive | misleading or deceiving or meant to mislead or deceive |
| detest | to strongly dislike; to hate |
| expertise | the skill or special knowledge of an expert |
| grim | appearing stern or harsh; cold and forbidding; not giving in; unyielding; without hope; cheerless; depressing |
| inhibit | to hold back; to hinder or make difficult |
| lurch | to move suddenly in an irregular and unsteady way; to suddenly roll, stagger, or rock; a lurching movement |
| nutritious | providing the substances needed for growth and health |
| pang | a sudden, sharp feeling of pain, either physical or emotional |
| roundabout | not by the shortest route or quickest method; not direct |
| unseemly | not proper or decent; not in agreement with accepted standards of good taste |
| align | to arrange or adjust in a straight line; to arrange things to be in the proper relationship with each other; to join or cooperate with others for or against a cause |
| conducive | to lead or contribute (to an effect) |
| continuity | the state of being unchanged over time |
| daft | extremely foolish or silly; crazy |
| epitome | a person or thing that has all the typical qualities of something |
| facility | the ability to do something easily; equipment that makes some activity possible or easier; usually used in the plural; a building, room, or area for some activity |
| gallivant | to go here and there in seach of amusement |
| incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe |
| jargon | the special language used in a particular field of interest or activity |
| mollify | to make less angry |
| momentum | the force with which something moves |
| repercussion | something that happens as an effect of or reaction to an event or action; often used in the plural |
| smolder | to burn and smoke without flame; to exist in a state of hidden or tightly controlled activity |
| stoic | someone who contols jis or her emotions, accepts whatever happens, and remains calm in spite of pain or suffering; unemotional; calm and unbothered by suffering; self-controlled |
| vile | disgustingly bad |
| abstain | to hold back from doing or participating in something |
| balderdash | talk or writing that is worthless because it makes no sense |
| canny | clever and cautious; showing sharp understanding in one's dealings |
| dogged | not giving in readily; staying with an activity in a steady way |
| enlighten | to provide information in a way that frees one from ignorance; to give the liht of knowledge to |
| haggard | having a worn look, as from grief, illness, or strain |
| humdrum | boringly ordinary |
| oaf | a clumsy,stupid person |
| plagiarize | to copy vwritten work done by someone else and present it as one's own |
| plummet | tio fall straight down; to plunge |
| savagery | the condition of being wild, fierce, or untamed; an act of cruelty or fierceness |
| tangible | able to be touched or felt by touch; having physical form; specific enough to be grasped with the mindl; definite; not vague |
| ultimatum | a final demand - one that, if refused, will end all dealings |
| unscrupulous | without moral principals |
| zany | funny in a foolish or crazy way |
| adversity | a state or misery, misfortune, or distress |
| avarice | too great desirefor money or possessions |
| chronological | arrranged in the order in which events happened |
| embellish | to make more attractive by adding decorations; to make more interesting by adding details, sometimes fictitious ones |
| excruciating | causing extreme suffering; very painful |
| feasible | capable of being carried out; sensilbeand likely to be successful |
| hindsight | the ability to see, after an event, what should of been done |
| impede | to delay with difficulties or stand in the way of |
| impervious | not allowing something to pass through or penetrate; not affected or influenced by |
| insolence | extreme disrespect thqat is deliberately insulting or rude |
| legacy | gift or money or property from a person who has died; anything handed down from the past |
| plod | to move slowly but steadily; to work without enthusiasm |
| rant | to speak loudly and wildly; a loud, wild speech |
| unobtrusive | not calling attention to oneself or itself; barely noticeable |
| wan | a lack of color in the face, often due to exhaustion or illness; lacking energy; weak in spirit or action |
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