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VocabLevelFCh14
Term | Definition |
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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 |