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Vocabulary
Units 4-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| affable | courteous and pleasant |
| aggrandize | increase in greatness |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| aura | atmosphere |
| contraband | illicit |
| erudite | scholarly |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate |
| infer | to find out by reasoning |
| inscrutable | incomprehensible |
| insular | relating to |
| irrevocable | unalterable |
| propensity | natural inclination |
| querulous | peevish |
| remonstrate | reason against |
| repudiate | to disown |
| resilient | elastic |
| reverberate | to re-echo |
| scurrilous | vulgar or low |
| sedulous | persistent, tireless |
| sleazy | tawdry, cheap |
| amnesty | general pardon |
| autonomy | self-government |
| axiomatic | taken for granted |
| blazon | adorn or embellish |
| caveat | warning or caution |
| equitable | right, just |
| extricate | disentangle |
| flout | to mock |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome, peevish |
| precept | principle |
| salutary | helpful |
| scathing | bitterly severe |
| scourge | punish severely |
| sepulchral | funereal |
| soporific | tending to cause sleep |
| straitlaced | overly strict |
| transient | lasting only a short time |
| unwieldy | cumbersome |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting |
| anomalous | abnormal |
| aspersion | act of slandering or defaming |
| bizarre | outlandish |
| brusque | curt, abrupt |
| cajole | to coax |
| castigate | chastise |
| contrive | think up, devise |
| demagogue | rabble-rouser |
| disabuse | undeceive |
| ennui | boredom |
| fetter | bond, restraint |
| heinous | wicked, offensive |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| insurgent | revolutionary, rebellious |
| megalomania | delusions of grandeur |
| sinecure | "no-show" job |
| surreptitious | stealthy, secret |
| transgress | exceed |
| transmute | transform |
| vicarious | performed, imagined |
| austere | stern, harsh |
| beneficent | humanitarian |
| cadaverous | corpse like |
| concoct | create |
| crass | unfeeling |
| debase | cheapen |
| desecrate | violate |
| disconcert | faze, confuse |
| grandiose | majestic, bombastic |
| inconsequential | unimportant |
| infraction | violation |
| mitigate | to make milder or softer |
| pillage | ravage, booty |
| prate | chatter, prattle |
| punctilious | precise |
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe |
| reprove | chide |
| restitution | compensation |
| stalwart | sturdy |
| vulnerable | defenseless |
| acrimonious | biting, caustic |
| bovine | stupid, cow |
| consternation | bewilderment |
| corpulent | overweight |
| disavow | disclaim |
| dispassionate | unbiased, free from emotion |
| dissension | disagreement |
| dissipate | disperse |
| expurgate | censor |
| gauntlet | trial |
| hypothetical | assumed |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | challenge |
| intemperate | excessive |
| odium | hatred |
| perfidy | betrayal |
| relegate | demote |
| squeamish | nauseated |
| subservient | servile |
| susceptible | vulnerable |
| abate | diminish |
| adulation | adoration |
| anathema | abomination |
| astute | shrewd |
| avarice | greedy desire |
| culpable | guilty |
| dilatory | stalling |
| egregious | flagrant, blatant |
| equivocate | speak in a way that allows for more than one interpretation |
| evanescent | transitory |
| irresolute | indecisive |
| nebulous | cloudlike, hazy |
| novice | newb |
| penury | destitution |
| pretentious | ostentatious |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| resuscitate | revive |
| slovenly | unkempt |
| supposition | assumption |
| torpid | sluggish |
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