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Lesson 9/10 vocab
Vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emulate | to strive to be equal to; to imitate |
| sere | dry and withered |
| enhance | to increase the value or beauty of something |
| contrite | feeling regret for having committed some wrong doing |
| magnanimous | noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts |
| enunciate | to state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce |
| collaborate | to work with another toward a goal |
| impound | to confine; to retain in legal custody |
| impeccable | faultless; without sin or blemish |
| evoke | to summon forth |
| inane | without sense or meaning; silly |
| unctuous | exaggeratedly or insincerely polite |
| expatriate | 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 |
| cajole | to persuade with false promises and flattery |
| inscrutable | not easily understood; hard to fathom |
| balk | to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on |