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vocab unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ASTUTE | shrew, keen in judgment |
| BRUSQUE | gruff, blunt, abrupt |
| COMPLACENT | easily satisfied, not striving for improvement or change |
| DISCONSOLATE | hopelessly sad, cheerless |
| ERUDITE | scholarly, deeply learned |
| FORTUITOUS | accidental, occurring by chance |
| FRACTIOUS | quarrelsome, irritable, unruly or undisciplined |
| INANE | shallow, silly, empty, insubstantial |
| INCESSANT | never ending, continuing or flowing without interruption |
| IRASCIBLE | easily angered or provoked, irritable |
| PALATABLE | agreeable to the taste, appetizing, tasty, savory |
| PONDEROUS | so large as to be clumsy, massive, dull |
| RELEVANT | pertinent, germane, applicable |
| SINUOUS | bending in and out, winding |
| SPORADIC | occasional, infrequent, occurring in scattered, single incidences |
| TENACIOUS | persistent, stubborn, not letting go |
| TRUCULENT | savage, fierce, pugnacious, aggressively self- assertive |
| UNCTUOUS | oily, insincere |
| URBANE | poised, suave, refined, sophisticated |
| VERDANT | green with growing plants, unripe, (occasionally inexperienced) |
| VIABLE | capable of living, workable |
| VITRIOLIC | caustic, full of bitterness |
| VULNERABLE | open to attack, capable of being wounded, susceptible |
| WAN | sickly, pallid, dim, faint, languid |
| ZANY | foolish, crazy |