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Vocabulary Midterm

TermDefinition
Persevere To keep going in spite of difficulty
Dawdle To waste time
Expend To pay out
Reminisce To recall
Prevaricate To lie
Elusive Difficult to catch or hold hard to explain
Generate To bring into existence
Idolize To worship
Keepsake Memento
Scan Examine closely
Duration Length of time that something takes
Numb Having lost the power of feeling or movement
Pacify To make peaceful or calm
Ravenous Greedy or very hungry
Synopsis Brief statement giving a general view
Boisterous Rough and noisy
Compliant Willing to do what someone wants
Limber Flexible
Vacate To go away from
Induce To cause or bring about
Apparel To put clothes on, dress up
Dispatch To send of or out for a purpose
Immense Very large or beyond ordinary means of measurement
Instantaneous Done in an instant
Recede To go or move backward
Confront To meet face-to-face
Incomprehensible Impossible to understand
Manipulate To handle or use skillfully, to manage or control for personal gain or advantage
Maximum The greatest possible amount or degree
Serene Peaceful, calm
Designate To indicate, point out, to appoint
Infuriate To make very angry
Motivate To provide with a reason for doing; to push on to some goal or coarse of action
Restrict To keep within set limits; to confine
Vow A solemn or sacred promise or pledge
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