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Boda Final Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Incessant (adj.) | continuing without pause or interruption |
| Incipient (adj.) | in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop |
| Inherent (adj.) | existing in something as permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute; |
| Innocuous (adj.) | not harmful or offensive; harmless |
| Intrinsic (adj.) | belonging naturally; essential; deals with the quality of something |
| Juxtapose (v) | place or deal with close together for contrasting effect |
| Largesse (n) | generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others |
| Machination (v) | engage in plots and intrigues; scheme |
| Morose (adj.) | gloomily or sullenly ill humored, as a person or mood |
| Nefarious (adj.) | extremely wicked or villainous; vicious |
| Novel (adj.) | of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before; new, not resembling anything ever had before |
| Nuance (n) | a subtle difference; just barely there; small amount |
| Ostentatious (adj.) | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others |
| Perfunctory (adj.) | performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; routine in a mechanical way |
| Pivotal (adj.) | of crucial importance to something else |
| Placate (v) | to appease or pacify; to calm down |
| Prolific (adj.) | excessive reproduction; fruitful |
| Proselytize (v) | to convert or attempt to convert; recruit |
| Quixotic (adj.) | extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or improbable |
| Recalcitrant (adj.) | resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory |
| Relegate (v) | to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition |
| Rudimentary (adj.) | involving or limited to basic principles |
| Solicitous (adj.) | showing interest or concern |
| Stymie (v) | to prevent or hinder the process of; an obstacle |
| Superfluous (adj.) | being more than is sufficient or required; excessive |
| Tangential (adj.) | merely touching; slightly connected |
| Tenacious (adj.) | holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold; stubborn; cling to other things of substances |
| Touchstone (n) | a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing; a standard; genuineness; a fundamental part or feature |
| Urbane (adj.) | having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities |
| Verbose (adj.) | characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy |
| Volition (n) | the power of using one’s will |
| Zealous (adj.) | having or showing great enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective |
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swimmingninja42
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