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vocab test 5
Term | Definition |
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Abstemious | Sparing in consumption |
Acrimonious | caustic language or expression |
Brevity | brief |
Coalesce | fuse or cause to grow together |
Dubious | not convince, open to doubt |
Fruitful | productive or conductive to producing in abundance |
Hone | make perfect or complete |
Innocuous | harmless |
Lackadaisical | idle in a dreamy way, lacking spirit |
Mollify | to make softer by adding something else |
Nonchalant | blithe unconcern |
Obsequious | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
Onerous | not easily borne |
Palpable | capable of being perceived by the senses of the mind |
Pretentious | vulgar, wanting to gain the attentions of others |
Proclivity | natural inclination |
Sovereign | nations ruler |
Tenacious | sticking together |
Ubiquitous | omnipresent |
Vibrancy | quality of a loud deep sound |