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english week 12
vocab week 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abate | (v) to lessen |
| Bawdy | (adj) humorously indecent |
| Candor | (n) frankness; being open and honest |
| Congenital | (adj) present from birth |
| Disparage | (v) regard as being of little worth; belittle |
| Exigent | (adj) demanding; urgent |
| Forbearance | (n) patience |
| Gesticulation | (n) gesture or signal |
| Homily | (n) sermon |
| Imbibe | (v) to absorb or drink in |
| Incognito | (adj) in disguised |
| Jocose | (adj) playful or humorous |
| Knavery | (n) dishonesty |
| Lambaste | (v) criticize harshly; scold |
| Magnanimous | (adj) very generous or forgiving; noble; magnificently kind |
| Nefarious | (adj) wicked or criminal; evil |
| Onerous | (adj) burdensome |
| Permeate | (v) spread throughout; flow through |
| Quagmire | (n) an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation |
| Soporific | (adj) sleepy or drowsy |