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english 16-20

QuestionAnswer
elusive difficult to capture
debilitate to weaken
contiguous adjoining
officious interfering
clairvoyant seeing beyond the senses
virulent destructive
incorrigible incurable
formidable difficult
congenital existing from birth
aberration something abnormal
zany absurdly funny
marred damaged
cordial gracious
taciturn reluctant to talk
stealthy secretive
spurn to reject
parochial limited
urbane refined
prestigious highly valued
egregious obviously bad
enervate to exhaust
wanton mindless/ senseless
thwart to block
perclude to rule out
composure cool-headedness
sullen disagreeable
trepidation anxiety
precocious advanced for ones age
submissive unresisting
indoctrinate to instruct
indict to accuse
grueling stressful
discordant not in harmony/ lacking agreement
inscrutable mysterious
extol to glorify
sycophant a flatterer
stupor a drowsy state
reverent worshipful
capitulate to yield/ to give in
cajole to plead with
satirical critizing through ridicule
pique a sense of injury
partisan one-sided
irrefutable indisputable/ impossible to disprove
inexorable relentless/ unstopable
obliterate to wipe out
buoyant capable of floating
defame to slander
premonition a forewarning
accommodate to hold
Created by: sarahbeth2014
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