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Vocab 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inert | adj. unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish syn: dormant; passive ant: dynamic; active |
| circumvent | v. to get around; to bypass syn: avoid |
| clandestine | adj. secret syn: covert; furtive ant: open; aboveboard |
| acquit | v. to find not guilty of a fault or a crime syn: absolve ant: convict |
| deprecate | v. to express strong disapproval of syn: deplore ant: approve; praise |
| barrister | n. lawyer |
| adulation | n. excessive praise or admiration syn: flattery; adoration ant: derision |
| culinary | having to do with the kitchen or cooking |
| bawdy | indecent; humorously obscene syn: risque; lewd ant: innocent; clean |
| chastise | to punish severely syn: discipline |
| jocose | adj joking; humorous syn: witty; funny; playful; jocund ant: serious |
| myriad | n. a very large number adj. too numerous to be counted n. syn: host; multitude adj syn: countless; innumerable ant: few; limited |
| latent | adj. present but not active; hidden syn: dormant ant: manifest |
| pernicious | adj. destructive; deadly syn: malignant; harmful ant: benign |
| frugal | adj. thrifty; economical in money matters syn: economical ant: wasteful; profligate |