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vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Excise | To eliminate |
| Irascible | Cranky |
| Diaphanous | Transparent |
| Idyllic | peaceful |
| capitulation | surrender |
| miasma | vapor |
| To Retaliate | To Avenge |
| To deter | To prevent |
| Bacilli | Germs |
| Saturnine | solemn |
| Placebo | Fake Pill |
| Inexorable | Unyielding |
| To Endear | To make oneself loved |
| Tier | Layer |
| Assimilate | Rank |
| Precocious | Advanced |
| Crescendo | Increasing Volume |
| Roseate | Reddish |
| Redundant | Repetitious |
| Dour | sullen |
| Reprisal | Counterattack |
| moratorium | suspension |
| Purblind | Slow to understand |
| Pugnacious | Defiant |
| Imperative | Urgent |
| Fastidious | Neat |
| Apprehensive | Worried |
| Noxious | Foul |
| Incongruous | Inappropriate |
| Athwart | Across |
| Catalyst | Agent of change |
| Maelstrom | Whirlpool |
| To Infiltrate | To Pass Through |
| Capricious | Changeable |
| Chivalrous | Courteous |
| Implacable | Relentless |
| Vicissitude | Change |
| Patina | Covering |
| Decadent | Corrupt |
| Volatile | Explosive |
| Solicitous | concerned |
| Respite | pause |
| Gregarious | Friendly |
| Retroactive | Affecting the past |
| To Refract | To Bend |
| Sepsis | Infection |
| Immutable | Changeless |
| Exhilarate | To Invigorate |
| Alleviate | To Ease |