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EnglishVocab3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | hates, loathes, detests |
| Abstraction | a deduction, and idea seperate from specific objects |
| Acme | top, highest point of perfection |
| Affluence | riches, abundance, opulence |
| Amnesty | a general pardon for offences against a government, a grant of immunity |
| Assuage | lessen, pacify, mitigate |
| Bilious | sour, bad- tempered, crabby |
| Blase | bored, uninterested, satiated |
| Captious | fault- finding, sophistical, carping |
| Circumspect | cautious, careful, unobjectionable |
| Contraband | smuggled goods, prohibited goods |
| Countenance | face, expression, features |
| Deleterious | bad, harmful, injurious |
| Despot | bully, dictator, tyrant |
| Dissident | disagreeing, dissenting |
| Effrontery | nerve, boldness, audacity |
| Erudite | wellread, scholarly |
| Expatiate | expand, enlarge |
| Felicitous | fitting, apt, appropriate |
| Garrulous | talkative, chattery, loquacious |
| Gesticulate | making emotions, making gestures |
| Hue | shades, tints |
| Impasse | standstill, deadlock, |
| Ineluctable | certain, unavoidable, inevitable |
| Intransigent | stubborn, uncompromising, irreconcilable |
| ken | knowing, field of knowledge |
| Lucid | clear, enlightening, comprehensible |
| Malinger | shirking their work, evading duty, feigning incapacity |
| Mnemonic | memory- improvement |
| Myriad | crowds of, very numerous, inumerable |