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Vocab Term 1
Vocabulary Words Section 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Defer | To postpone; To delay |
| Dilatory | Tending to postpone or delay |
| Infer | 1) To use available evidence to form a conclusion. 2) To guess |
| Perennial | 1) Lasting for an indefinitely long period of time. 2) Continuing regularly 3) Living longer than 3 years(plants) |
| Permeate | To penetrate through spaces; To spread throughout |
| Persevere | To hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obstacles. |
| Adversity | Hardship; Misfortune |
| Avert | 1)To turn away (one's eyes) 2)To prevent |
| Distort | 1)To change something to make it false 2)To twist (something) out of its normal shape |
| Introvert | A person whose thoughts and actions are directed inwards |
| Prose | 1) Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter(that is without verse) 2) Referring to speech or writing other than verse |
| Retort | 1) To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation. 2) A quick,witty, sometimes biting reply |
| Subservient | Excessively willing to yield; submissive |
| Exhilarate | To cheer; to stimulate; to enliven |
| Exonerate | 1) To free from blame 2) To relieve of a task |
| Exorbitant | Excessive |
| Expound | To set forth an an explanation or view of something in detail. |
| Impostor | One who deceives by using a false identity |
| Proponent | One who argues in support of something |
| Extranious | 1) Coming from outside; Foreign 2) Not essential or vital |
| Extrovert | A person chiefly interested in things outside them selves; Directing thoughts outwards rather than inwards |
| Medium | 1) A substance or element through which something is transmitted. 2) A person thought to have communications with the spirits of the dead |
| Non-Sequitur | A statement that does not follow logically from evidence. |
| Obsequious | Excessively willing to yield to others |
| Sequester | 1) to go into hiding; to seek solitude 2) To isolate |
| Abstain | To refrain from something by ones choice |
| Commodious | Spacious, roomy, as in a house |
| Pertinacious | Holding firmly, even stubbornly to a belief |
| Tenacity | Hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly |
| Adjunct | An added part not necessary to the whole |
| Injunction | An authoritative command or order |
| Stringent | 1) Severe; constricted; tight 2)Pertaining to scarcity of money |
| Subjugate | To conquer; to dominate completely |
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