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LA-vocab1
Eng. Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perils | sources of danger |
| reputation | beliefs/opinions held about someone |
| superstition | excessively credulous belief in supernatural beings |
| papable | able to be touched or felt |
| menace | person/thing that is likely to cause a threat or danger |
| scruples | moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions |
| mirage | optical illusion |
| providence | protective care of God |
| tartar | hard calcified deposit that forms on teeth |
| solicitous | showing interest or concern |
| ennui | feeling listlessness from lack of occupation or excitement |
| deplorable | causing grief |
| siesta | afternoon rest, nap |
| au revoir | goodbye |
| futile | pointless |
| pungent | having sharp taste or smell |
| precariously | exposed danger |
| placid | not easily upset or excited |
| stereotype | a widely held but fixed idea of a person or things |