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vocab words
vocab def unit 6
Question | Answer |
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embarrassed ashamed and nonplussed | abashed |
standing apart from others by choice or withdrawn | aloof |
great mental suffering or distress; pain and sorrow | anguish |
to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; able to use language affectively ;express clearly or forcefully | articulate |
to be in or expose oneself to ,pleasant warmth, to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from | bask |
an imperfection flaw or blemish of some kind to desert a cause or organization | defect |
delicate skill tack and cleverness to accomplish something by cleverness god judgment or skillful evasion | finesse |
to wave of flutter showily to display n a conceded offensive way | flaunt |
frank, direct, straightforward | forthright |
cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm | genial |
to add gradually to introduce or cause or to be taken in | instill |
to exclude from a group, banish, send away | ostracize |
forewarning or foreboding of a future event | premonition |
a pen name; name assumed by a writer | pseudonym |
to wash away impurities, clean up; the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively | purge |
to make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position | rehabilitate |
an effect or consequence of some action or event, result, an echo or reverberation | repercussion |
bold; determined,firm | resolute |
able to hold; keep, or recall; retaining knowledge easily | retentive |
a person or thing carrying the blame for others | scapegoat |