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Vocabulary Study 8

TermDefinition
acquiesce to give in, to comply; accede, agree, assent, consent
ameliorate to make better, to relieve, to improve
atrophy to waste away, to wither
bequeath to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
cajole to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
compendious containing only the essentials
cursory superficial, casual, hastily done
debase to reduce in dignity or quality; abase, corrupt, demean
deplete to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value
efface to erase, to wear away
elucidate to make clear, to explain; explicate, expound
expunge to remove, to erase
extricate to free, to disentangle; disencumber
garrulous talkative, rambling; voluble
impetuous violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
laconic using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude
opulence wealth, affluence, abundance
placate to appease or to pacify by making concessions; concilate
reiterate to repeat
surreptitious secret, clandestine, stealthy; covert, furtive, underhanded
Created by: dejashorter
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