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Spelling/Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | immature |
| buoyant | able to float or happy |
| peruse | to quickly scan over something |
| prematurely | childish |
| feign | to pretend |
| fallow | unplowed land |
| catalyst | something that causes change |
| haggle | to argue over a price |
| chasm | a deep hole or crack in the land |
| acquaintance | someone that we may only briefly know |
| inadequately | not fully complete |
| dingy | faded |
| inquired | to ask a question |
| nonchalantly | to act calmly |
| drought | a long dry period of time |
| famine | starvation |
| miscellaneous | a collection of things |
| atone | to makeup |
| paradox | absurd statement |
| petty | something of little or no importance |
| rhetorical | a statement of little of no importance |
| elusive | something hard to understand |
| prudent | describes a wise person |
| compliant | someone easy to get along with |
| edifice | another word for a building |
| theme | the main points |
| congruent | something that is equal |
| disposition | a trait |
| provisions | things we need |
| pseudonym | a false name |
| raconteur | someone who is good at telling stories |
| disposition | the quality of a personality |
| alacrity | quality of being eager |
| ominous | a sign that something bad is going to happen |
| protagonist | lead character |
| integrity | quality of being trustworthy |
| simultaneously | two or more things that happen at the same time |
| demonstrative | showing feelings openly |
| monotonous | having no variety |
| chivalrous | showing respect |
| implore | to ask by begging |
| perpetuate | the cause something to continue |
| compulsory | something that is required to do |
| minimum | least amount possible |
| adversary | a group that attacks |
| indifferent | someone who does not care about something |
| acronym | a word or abbreviation |
| imperative | very important |
| perplexed | describing a person who is confused |
| annulled | something that is cancelled |
| forlorn | describes a feeling of hopelessness |
| belligerent | describes a rude person |
| adjacent | something that is side by side |
| gaffe | a mistake |
| Justify | to give proof |
| apartheid | a separation of people by their back round |
| elusive | something that is hard to find |
| prudent | a wise person |
| rhetorical | something that is not meant to be answered |
| sublime | something that inspires awe |
| civil | polite |
| conscripted | forced into service |
| fond | having a liking for something |
| generation | a group of people born within a curtain time |
| theme | the main point of a writing piece |
| disposition | a personality trait |
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