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Vocab List 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| irascible | easily angered; testy, choleric, touchy |
| writhe | to twist; twist sideways in pain or suffering |
| taciturn | naturally silent, untalkative; laconic |
| tawdry | cheap-looking; showy, gaudy |
| servile | subservient, abject, annoyingly submissive |
| surreptitious | secretive, deceptive; clandestine |
| admonish | to warn strongly, reprove; show disapproval |
| premonition | a forewarning or foreboding; presentiment |
| rancor | deep-seated bitterness; old enmity |
| sullen | quietly resentful; lowering; gloomy, dismal |
| remorse | self-reproach, regret; a guilty uneasiness |
| rue | to regret exceedingly; feel remorse or sorrow |
| mediate | to reconcile by acting as an intermediary or go-between in a dispute |
| mediocre | of only ordinary quality or low quality |
| malice | the desire to see another suffer; extreme ill will or spite |
| malign | to slander, defame; speak of in an ill-willed manner |