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*Ch. 5 Vocab*
Question | Answer |
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amazon | large, strong, aggressive woman |
iconoclast | attacker of traditional or cherished beliefs, institutions, ideas |
sardonic | mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic |
supercilious | scornfully looking down on others; disdainfully superior |
nemesis | agent of revenge, punishment; difficult or unbeatable opponent; something incapable of being achieved or overcome; cause of one's fall down or undoing |
procrastinate | put off till later |
panacea | remedy for all desires, sufferings, troubles |
capricious | changeable, unpredictable |
introvert | one who is concerned mainly with self-ex-animation and one's own inner life rather than with others |
extrovert | one whose interests and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than with one's own inner life |
benediction | blessing, especially at the end of a religious service |
benevolent | desiring to do good; kind, generous |
beneficiary | person who receives benefits |
benefactor | person who gives help for financial aid |
beneficence | goodness, kindness |