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SandersHon8-Voc10-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cacophony | a harsh, jarring sound |
| callous | lacking feeling, mercy, etc.; unfeeling |
| carp | to fine fault and complain constantly; to nag or fuss |
| gruff | stern, surly; hoarse; brusquely rude |
| gullible | easly fooled or tricked |
| haphazard | lackign any defenite plan or order |
| heretic | a person who holds opinions opposed to established beliefs or doctrines |
| perfidy | a deliberate breach of faith; treachery |
| peripheral | of, or located on the outside or edge away from the center; outer |
| philistine | a person with views that are regarded as shallow or narrow-minded |
| succint | clearly expressed in a few words; to the point |
| sullen | morose; sulky; somber |
| tacit | implied from one's action but not spoken or written |
| tactless | lacking in tact; inconsiderate of another's feelings |
| unfathomable | too difficult to understand; too deep to measure |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| catalyst | a substance that alters the rate at which a physical or chemical reaction occurs |
| caustic | able to burn, eat away, or destroy by chemical action; sarcastic or cutting in speech; corrosive |
| hierarchy | a group of persons arranged in order of rank |
| homogeneous | having or consisting of the same parts; similar |
| hypocritical | insincere, false; pretesnse of being better than one is |
| iconoclast | a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow popular ideas |
| piety | a pious act or though; devotion to religious duties and practices |
| placid | calm; peaceful |
| pompous | acting with an air of great dignity; full of high sounding words or phrases; pretentious; self-important |
| sumptuous | of a size or splendor suggesting great expense |
| surmise | to reach a conclusion on slight evidence; to guess, presume |
| surreptitious | acting in a secret way; stealthy |
| susceptible | easily influenced or affected by; disposed to |
| validate | to confirm or support; to verify; to make official |
| celestial | of or related to the sky or universe; heavenly |
| chronic | lasting for a long time or recurring often; continuing |
| clairvoyance | the alleged power to see things not present to the senses |
| impartial | favoring no side or party more than another; without bias |
| implausible | not believable or acceptable |
| inadvertent | accidental, unintentional; not on purpose |
| ponderous | very heavy; massive; unwieldy because of weight |
| pretentious | making an exaggerated show of dignity or self importance; extravagantly showy |
| prodigious | wonderful; amazing; of great size, power or extent; huge |
| profusion | great in quantity or amount; abundance |
| sycophant | someone who attempts to win favor through flattery of a superior; a "yes man" |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy; showy; sleazy |
| vanguard | the front or leading position in an army or movement |
| vicarious | imagined participation in another's experience |
| vicissitude | a sudden or unexpected change in one's life |
| colloquial | used in or suitable in spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; conversational |
| commiserate | to feel or to express sorrow; to sympathize |
| compatible | able to live or perform in agreement with others |
| incipient | in an initial or early stage of development |
| incontrovertible | not cable of being disputed or disproved |
| incorrigable | not capable of beign corrected or reformed |
| prolific | producing offspring or fruits in great abundance; turning out many products of the mind |
| pugnacious | eager to fight; quarrelsome |
| querelous | given to complaining |
| tedious | something tiresome because of the slowness or length of it |
| tenative | not defenite or permenant; indicating hesitancy or uncertainty |
| thwart | to prevent something form taking place; to block, hinder |
| vilify | to use abusive or slanderous language about or of; to defame |
| virtuoso | a musical performer of exceptional excellence |
| vulnerable | open to danger or to attack; easily hurt or influenced |
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