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English Vocab 1
vocab quiz 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Auspicious | Promising succes; propitious; oppurtune; favorable |
| derelict | a person abandoned by society. a person without a permanent home or support. bum |
| temerity | reckless boldness; rashness |
| surreptitious | obtained, done, made by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine |
| ingenuity | the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful. |
| formidable | causing fear, apprehension, or dread |
| noxious | harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being. |
| compunctuion | feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain |
| recalcitrant | resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury; fee from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
| grandiose | affectedly grand or important; pompous: more complicated or elaborate that necessary |