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Vocabulary #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | subside or moderate |
| cursory | casual; hastily done |
| discredit | defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve |
| deprecate | express disapproval of; protest against; belittle |
| anecdote | short account of an amusing or interesting event |
| confound | to confuse; puzzle |
| ascendancy | controlling influence |
| esoteric | hard to understand; known only to the chosen few |
| expertise | specialized knowledge; expert skill |
| elusive | evasive; baffling; hard to grasp |
| distant | reserved or aloof; cold in manner |
| benevolent | generous; charitable |
| flippant | lacking proper seriousness |
| charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge |
| adversary | an opponent |