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10th Grade List #4
Term | Definition |
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Laudable | worthy of praise |
Deter | to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something |
Redundant | repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy |
Infamous | shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful |
Provocative | exciting; attracting attention |
Depravity | moral corruption |
Banal | unoriginal; ordinary |
Extol | to praise |
Euphony | pleasant sound (the opposite is cacophony) |
Deride | to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously |
Gravity | seriousness |
Insipid | dull; banal |
Austere | unadorned; stern; without much money |
Expedite | to make faster or easier |
Heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |