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Cave 10
| Vocab Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abide | put up with/tolerate/remain in place |
| ascetic | leading a life of self-discipline and denial |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| calamity | disaster; terrible loss |
| chimerical | created by a wild imagination |
| contentious | argumentative |
| coy | very shy; avoiding social situation |
| decrepit | poor condition; weak; worn out |
| diatribe | tirade; accusation |
| dissemble | disguise appearance; incognito |
| erratic | no regularity; shows no pattern |
| fallacy | false statement |
| giddy | dizzy; lighthearted; cheerful |
| immaculate | pure; clean; unmarked |
| imminent | about to happen |
| indefatigible | tireless; never runs out of energy |
| nuance | a slight/subtle change |
| pandemonium | wild uproar; chaos |
| permeate | to spread through every part |
| precarious | dangerously lacking security or stability |
| prosaic | lacking imagination; dull; like prose |
| revel | make merry; take great pleasure and delight into something |
| saccharine | sickeningly sweet/sentimental |
| scapegoat | one who must bear the blame of others |
| stickler | somebody who insists on something and won't give up |