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Vocab. #1 - Honors11
Quarter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alacrity | n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to answer |
| capitulate | v. to surrender; to give up or give in |
| ingenuous | adj. frank; without deception; simple |
| culpable | adj. deserving blame; guilty |
| insular | adj. like an island; isolated |
| austere | adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding |
| ephemeral | adj. lasting for a very short time |
| acrimonious | adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty |
| acumen | n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness |
| burgeon | v. to expand; to flourish |