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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Blatant | unmistakeable |
Blight | something that harms |
Contrive | to think up |
Garble | to jumble |
Gaunt | very thin |
Gloat | to be overly self-satisfied |
Immaculate | spotless |
Plagiarism | the stealing of ideas |
Qualm | a guilty feeling |
Retaliate | to take revenge |
Curtail | to shorten |
Devastate | to upset greatly |
Digress | to go off the subject |
Incentive | encouragement |
Incorporate | to join together |
Indispensable | needed |
Intermittent | irregular |
Rigor | a hardship |
Squander | to misuse/to waste |
Succumb | to yield/to give in |
Alleviate | to ease |
Benefactor | financial supporter |
Covert | concealed |
Cynic | someone who believes the worst |
Demise | dying |
Infamous | known unfavorably |
Intrinsic | fundamental |
Revulsion | hatred |
Speculate | to guess |
Virile | having attractive male qualities |
Abstain | to deny oneself |
Affiliate | to join |
Agnostic | one who feels we cant know if God exists |
Aspire | to wish |
Benevolent | charitable/well meaning & kindly |
Deficit | a lack |
Dissent | opposition |
Diversion | a recreation |
Lucrative | financially rewarding |
Mandatory | essential |
Charisma | personal appeal |
Contemporary | current |
Contend | to declare |
Conversely | in contrast |
Extrovert | a sociable person |
Poignant | affecting the emotions |
Prevalent | found frequently |
Proponent | a supporter |
Quest | a haunt |
Traumatic | upsetting |
Congenial | sociable |
Flippant | rude |
Impasse | a deadlock |
Perception | a view on something/someone |
Prompt | to motivate/to urge into action |
Prone | tending, having, a tendency |
Rapport | personal connection |
Rationale | an explanation |
Relentless | nonstop |
Reprisal | revenge |