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Vital Vocab Q3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| jubilant | adj. expressing great happiness, excitement, and triumph exultant, triumphant discouraged, disappointed |
| latent | adj. existing but not developed |
| lucid | adj. expressed clearly, easy to understand |
| kudos | n. praise or honor towards someone for an achievement |
| laconic | adj. using very few words (speaking, writing) |
| metamorphosis | n. the process of change from an early stage of life to the adult version (in insects and amphibians) |
| myriad | n. countless, or an extremely great number; tons of |
| malleable | adj. to be able to be pressed or hammered out of shape permanently; easily influenced |
| malevolent | adj. showing a wish to do harm to someone/something else |
| maxim | n. a short concise statement of how something is supposed to be a quick saying that is well known and shows a general truth |
| nebulous | adj. in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy |
| nondescript | adj. lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics |
| nuance | n. a subtle difference in the meaning, expression, or sound of something |
| negligent | adj. failing to take care of something properly |
| nurture | v. the care and encouragement during growth |
| oblique | adj. not explicit direct in addressing a point, the statement is ambiguous |
| oblivious | adj. completely unaware of what's going on |
| ominous | adj. giving the impression that there is doom or something bad is going to happen |
| orthodox | adj. beliefs conforming and agreeing with what is traditionally accepted |
| ostracize | v. to exclude someone from a group |
| peruse | v. to read through something thoroughly and carefully |
| plausible | adj. reasonable or probable |
| paradigm | n. the way something is typically supposed to be; the usual pattern or way |
| palatable | adj. pleasant to the taste |
| penchant | n. a strong habit or tendency to do something |
| pretense | n. an attempt to make something untrue seem true |
| procure | v. to obtain (to get), or to get someone to do something they weren't originally going to do |
| prosaic | adj. lacking poetic beauty |
| pragmatic | adj. dealing with something more realistically and practically than theoretically |
| prudence | n. cautiousness |
| rapport | n. a close harmonious relationship |
| rebuke | v. (shame, scolding) express sharp disapproval or criticism because of their behaviors |
| refute | v. (ab argument) to prove a statement to be wrong or false |
| quaint | adj. unusual and old-fashioned, but still attractively |
| quixotic | adj. really idealistic, but not realistic |
| reciprocate | v. to respond to a statement, action, or gesture by making another corresponding one; to repsond in agreement |
| rescind | v. to cancel, revoke (end validity), or repeal |
| remedial | adj. intended as a remedy or cure adj. intended to help a student make up something |
| relish | v. to enjoy and savor |
| ruse | n. an action intended to deceive someone; a trick |
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