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lessons 7/8
vocab lessons 7 and 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cynical | skeptical |
| ambivalent | uncertain wavering |
| demagogue | rabble-rouser a leader who appeals to citizen's emotion's to obtain power |
| demure | prim quiet and modest reserved |
| intrepid | without fear brave |
| destitute | impoverished penniless |
| dilemma | a choice betweent two unpleasant or difficult option |
| erudite | educated |
| culmination | apex |
| concur | support agree |
| abate | subside decrease |
| decorum | propriety |
| abhor | despise loath |
| dole | to distrubute to give out sparingly |
| gamut | the whole range or extent |
| extrovert | one who is outgoing |
| droll | quiant |
| duplicity | deception |
| effigy | a crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group |
| austere | strict unadorned |