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Vocabulary Words 1-6
Vocab chapter 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articulate | adj well-spoken; clear Verb to speak clearly and distinctly |
| Crux | Noun the main or most important point or feature |
| Debris | Noun Scattered remains; rubble |
| Decry | Verb to condemn or disapprove openly |
| Eminent | adj Famous prominent |
| Harras | verb to torment continually to irritate |
| Milieu | Noun an atmosphere or setting |
| opportune | adj happening at a convenient time |
| Refuse | Verb to decline to accept or allow Noun discarded items trash |
| Skeptical | adj doubting; disbelieving |
| Successor | Noun one who inherits, will inherit or is next in line for a position |
| Sullen | Adj miserable; gloomy; somber |
| Tinge | Verb to tint to affect slightly Noun a small amount o f an added color or characeristic |
| Trivial | adj of little importance |
| unkempt | adj maintained poorly; untidy |
| belittle | verb to speak of someone or something as small or unimportant; to speak of negatively |
| blasé | adj. uninterested or unimpressed because of frequent exposure or excess |
| concoct | verb to devise cleverly; to invent |
| decade | noun ten years |
| diverse | adj differing from each other;many and distinctly unalike |
| Enunciate | Verb to speak articuately; to express clearly |
| hurtle | Verb to move with great speed and force |
| improvise | Verb to do or make do with no preparation to fashion only using immediately available materials |
| jostle | verb to bump, push or shove |
| libel | Noun the at of printing false statements that harm someon's reputation |
| mammoth | Adj Huge Noun a large hairy extinct elephant |
| paradox | noun a statement or situation that is true but seems impossible or self contradictory |
| provincial | adj Rual pertaining to the s=customs of non-city dwelers 2 narrow in perspective un sophisticated |
| Relm | noun a domain a field a territory |
| Undermine | Verb to weaken by wearing away the foundation or support |
| amity | noun friendship |
| cater | verb to supply what is needed or desired espcially support or food |
| guise | noun false apperance |
| inconsequential | adj of little or no importance |
| jubilant | adj joyous especialy because of sucess |
| placated | verb to calm to pacify |
| preclude | verb to prevent |
| repress | verb to hold back or put down with force; to suppress |
| saturate | verb to fill or soak to capacity |
| slake | 1 verb to satisfy to quench 2 to make less intense |
| sortie | noun a flight of a combat aircaft on a mission 2 an armed attack especially against surrounding enemy forces |
| succumb | verb to submit reluctantly to yield |
| tranquil | adj calm; peaceful |
| venomous | adj poisonous 2 intentionally harmful |
| wrest | verb to obtain through force |
| acute | adj serious sudden |
| durable | adj able to withstand wear decay or tough conditions |
| eavesdrop | verb to listen secretly to private conversatitons |
| ethnical | adj 1 pertaining to accepted standers of behavior 2Conforming to accepted standers of behavior |
| fjord | noun a narrow inlet of the sea between tall cliffs or steep banks |
| gaudy | adj tastlessly showy |
| nominal | adj existing in name only 2 insignificantly small; token |
| Nurture | Verb to nourish to help grow or develop |
| pommel | ver to strike to beat noun a know on the handle of a sword or wepon |
| quibble | verb to evade the main point by arguing over petty details Noun a irrelevent argument |
| rampart | noun a defensive structure or embankment |
| respite | noun a short rest or period of relef delay |
| rite | noun a customary religious ceremonial act |
| seismic | adj pertaining to earthquakes or vibrations of the earth |
| terrestrial | adj. of or pertaining to solid land |
| bizarre | adj extremely unusual; strange |
| bungle | verb to act or work clumsily to ruin something through clumsiness |
| deduce | verb to conclude by resoning to infer |
| dynamic | adj 1 energetic intense forceful 2 continuously active or changing |
| irrelevant | adj unimportant to the matter at hand |
| loiter | verb to linger without an apparent purpose |
| obsinate | adj stubborn |
| scrutinize | verb to examine great detail |
| stunt | verb to limit or hinder growth noun an unusual or dangerous feat |
| superficial | adj 1 on or near the surface 2 concerved with only the obvious shallow |
| ultimate | adj 1 last in a series conclusive final 2 highest extreme |
| vapid | adj bland and dull |
| viable | adj capable of succeeding working or living |
| wan | adj unnaturally pale as from illness or ditress |
| wane | verb to decrease gradually |
| adjacent | adj lying near adjoining |
| candor | noun sincerity; honesty |
| compassion | noun awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another |
| democratic | adj of or for the people; pertaining to government by the people |
| disperse | verb to scatter to distribute |
| doleful | adj causing greif; sad |
| duress | noun threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will |
| irk | verb to annoy to irritate |
| ratify | verb to approve officaialy to sanction |
| sobriety | noun a seriouness in manner, a state of abstinence from drugs or alcohol |
| stagnate verb to become inactive or montionless | |
| subordinate | adj of lower importance or rank subject to the conrtrol of another |
| talon | noun a claw of a bird of prey or similar animal |
| taut | adj pulled drawn or stretched tight |
| wallow | verb to roll about in something unclean |
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