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vocab
english final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Precocious (a) | unusually advanced or mature in development, usually mentally |
| Itinerant (a) | Traveling from place to place |
| truculent (a) | savagely brutal/ harsh |
| Infraction (n) | breaking of a law or rule |
| Indispensable (a) | essential, have to have |
| Rigorous (a) | severe, harsh |
| dissuade (v) | persuade someone not to do something |
| cumbersome (a) | troublesome, hard to handle |
| vindictive (a) | inclined to revenge |
| Eradicate (v) | to destroy utterly |
| Delude (v) | to mislead |
| unrequited (a) | unreturned |
| Collaborate (v) | to work together |
| Jeopardy (n) | in harm, risk, or exposure |
| Reconciliation (n) | to bring together |
| staunch (a) | loyal |
| pauper (n) | a very poor person |
| rectify (v) | to correct |
| pusillanimous (a) | cowardly |
| Fastidious (a) | hard to pleas, demanding |
| deferential (a) | respectful |
| Wily (a) | crafty or cunning |
| robust (a) | strong and healthy |
| congenial (a) | pleasing in nature and character |
| comport (v) | to be have oneself |
| Serene (a) | peaceful, calm |
| Macabre (a) | gruesome, horrifying |
| malevolent (a) | wishing harm |
| Gregarious (a) | sociable |
| Martyr (n) | someone who would rather suffer death than renounce religon |
| jubilant (a) | joyful |
| atrocious (a) | extremely brutal |
| reverie (n) | daydream |
| solemn (a) | serious or formal |
| Brood (v) | to think about anxiously |
| Tact (n) | Keen sense of what to say or do to avoid offense |
| trepidation (n) | fear or alarm |
| Listless (a) | showing little to no attention to something |
| cringe (v) | to crouch in fear |
| decimate (v) | to destroy a great number of something |
| Unscrupulous (a) | unprincipled |
| Haughty (a) | disdainfully proud, snobbish |
| verbose (a) | wordy |
| distraught (a) | deeply agitated |
| Forte (n) | talent or skill |
| Patronize (v) | to provide fake support |
| Volatile (a) | ready to break out in violence |
| bland (a) | flat or plain in tast |
| rejuvenate (v) | to make youthful |
| Pilfer (v) | to steal in small amounts |
| Philanthropist (n) | someone who helps the welfare of others |
| veracious (a) | truthful, honest |
| Voracious (a) | craving or consuming large quantities of something |
| Irrevocable (a) | unalterable |
| emulate | imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
| Hypocrite (n) | someone who pretends to be what they are not |
| exploit (v) | to take advantage |
| Noxious (a) | harmful to health |
| Befuddle (v) | to confuse |
| Coerce (v) | to compel by force |
| Lucrative (a) | moneymaking |
| toxic (a) | poisonous |
| impertinent (a) | rude |
| rancor (a) | bitter,ill |
| colossal (a) | gigantic |
| Affable (a) | friendly, polite |
| Altruistic(a) | unselfishly concerned for others |
| Disparity (n) | lack of similarity, difference |
| Supercilious (a) | displaying arrogant pride |
| Acrimonious (a) | bitter in nature |
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