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Peak vocab GNC
quiz/week: 10/4/13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| resolve | to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something) |
| denouement | the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot |
| nix | nothing |
| elicit | to draw or bring out or forth |
| prodigy | person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: |
| cagey | cautious, wary |
| demeanor | conduct; behavior; deportment. |
| pleating | a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place. |
| conjure | to affect or influence |
| duress | compulsion by threat or force |
| searing | to burn or char the surface |
| exertion | vigorous action or effort |
| stupor | suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease |
| smitten | struck, as with a hard blow. |
| precarious | dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable |