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lessons 7/8

vocab lessons 7 and 8

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emulate to strive to be equal to; to imitate
sere dry and withered
enhance to increase the value or beauty of something; improve
contrite feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing; remorseful
magnanimous; noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts
enunciate to state clearly and distictly; to pronounce; articulate
collaborate to work together; cooperate
impound confiscate; to retain in legal custody
impeccable faultless; without sin or blemish
evoke to summon forth; conjure up
inane without sense or meaning; silly; foolish, insipid
unctuous exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
expariate someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country
frowzy unkempt
heinous hatefully or shockingly evil
expound to explain in detail; to clarify; elaborate
cajole to persuade with false promises and flettery; coax
inscrutable not easily understood; hard to fathom
balk to refuse stubbornly or abrupty; to stop short and refuse to go on; hesitate
acrimony ill-natured, bitter hostility; animosity
dour stern and ill-humored; forbidding
exult to rejoice; to feel triumphant; celebrate
omnicient having unlimited knowledge; all-knowing
feasible reasonable; capable of being carried out; possible, doable
fiasco a complete rediculous failure; disaster
metier the work one is especially suited for one's specialty; an occupation; forte
fluctuate to rise and fall; to vary irregularly
harry to annoy or harass; bother, pester
incognito diguised; pretending not to be oneself
lethargy lack of energy; sluggishness
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