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VocabLevelFCh14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amendable | (adj) willing to follow advice or authority |
| berate | (v) to scold sharply |
| carnage | (n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life |
| credulous | (adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived |
| criterion | (n) a rule, test |
| deplete | (v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption |
| expatiate | (v) to expand on |
| extraneous | (adj) coming from the outside, foreign |
| inception | (n) the beginning, start |
| infirmity | (n) a weakness or ailment |
| jejune | (adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest |
| obdurate | (adj) stubborn |
| potpourri | (n) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items |
| precocious | (adj) showing unusually early development (gifted) |
| sadistic | (adj) delighting in cruelty |
| sententious | (adj) self-righteous |
| supplicate | (v) to beg earnestly and humbly |
| surfeit | (n) an excess/ overindulgence (v) to feed or supply with anything to excess |
| tortuous | (adj) winding, twisted |
| turgid | (adj) swollen, bloated |