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Lesson 12
Test for Friday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abridge | Def: to shorten; to diminish |
| alacrity | Def: prompt and cheerful response |
| antipathy | Def: dislike, enmity |
| augment | Def: to make greater or to supplement |
| bombastic | Def: pompous; inflated language |
| decry | Def: to speak against, to rail against, to disparage |
| eclectic | Def: coming from a variety of different sources |
| enhance | Def: to improve, to make better |
| euphonious | Def: pleasant or agreeable; dulcet |
| fervid | Def: ardent, burning, impassioned |
| impecunious | Def: without money, broke |
| ingratiate | Def: to make an effort to gain good favor with someone |
| luxuriant | Def: fertile, abundant in growth |
| paltry | Def: trifling, petty; worthless |
| pedantry | Def: act of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative |
| placid | Def: calm or peaceful |
| preclude | Def: to make impossible |
| promontory | Def: land or rocking projecting into body of water |
| raze | Def: to completely destroy |
| secular | Def: nonreligious, worldly |
| static (adj.) | Def: having no motion, showing little change |
| tact | Def: a keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations |
| torpid | Def: sluggish, inactive, dull |
| vindicated | Def: cleared of accusations or charges |
| vindictive | Def: revengeful, spiteful |