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Lesson 5

ameliorate to make better,to relieve,to improve
amenable open to willingto follow advice or suggestion,tractable,malleable
amorphous shapeless,no definite form
bouyant capable of floating
cajole to persuade with deliberate flattery,tocoax,to wheedle
calamity a serious event cuasing distressor misfortune
debase to reduce dignity or quality
efface to erase,to wear away
elucidate to make clear,to explain
ephemeral lasting a short period of time,fleeting
ferocity savagery
flourish to thrive,grow well
haughty arrogant,excessively proud and vain
impervious incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged
inane lacking signifigance,meaning or point,silly,insipid
indolence laziness
infallible incapable of error
instructible difficult to understand,mysterious
languid slow,sluggish,listless,weak
malice desire to harm people
acrimonious cuastic
oblique slanting,indirect,evasive,devious,misleading
opulence wealth,affluence,abundance
penitent showing or feeling regretfor wrong doing
perfunctory acting routinely with little interest or care
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