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Vocab test 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bewail | To express deep regret or sorrow over |
| Destitute | Without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life |
| Detract | To take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of |
| Emancipate | To set free from slavery; to liberate |
| Extol | To praise highly |
| Flamboyant | Excessively showy; unrestrained |
| Impetus | A driving force; anything that causes an action |
| Insuperable | Incapable of being overcome or defeated |
| Intermittent | Not continuous; happening at intervals |
| Maxim | A general truth or rule of conducts; a short saying |
| Obligatory | Required or demanded |
| Plumb | To measure the depth of water |
| Vagabond | A person who wonders from place to place |
| Visage | A face, one that shows feelings |
| Wheedle | To coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise |
| Alacrity | Promptness to responding |
| Array | A large group of people or things (orderly arrangement) |
| Deduce | To draw a conclusion from given facts |
| Encumber | To weigh down or burden |
| Fraught | Full of or accompanied by (like encumbered with love) |
| Haphazard | Marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| Incontrovertible | Impossible to dispute, unquestionable |
| Inexplicable | Hard to explain or impossible to understand |
| Ingenious | Marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness |
| Laggard | One who falls behind |
| Sustenance | Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live |
| Torrid | Intensely hot and dry |
| Traverse | To pass over, across, or through |
| Ubiquitous | Appearing to be present in large numbers of in many different places |
| Zenith | The highest point; the peak |
| Allude | To refer to in a indirect way |
| Consecrate | To set apart as holy |
| Disseminate | To scatter or spread widely |
| Dote | To show excessive fondness for |
| Exort | to urge strongly; to warn or appeal |
| Feckless | Careless or irrisponsible |
| Implicate | To show to be involved with something, especially something dishonest or illegal |
| Lament | To feel or express grief |
| Monetary | Of or related to money or currency |
| Pensive | Deep in thought; dreamily thoughtful |
| Pomp | A showy or dignified display |
| Silted | Artificially stiff or formal in manner |
| Subjugate | To bring under control; to conquer |
| Trauma | A severe bodily injury |
| Wanton | Ingnoring what is right |
| Adage | An old saying that has come to be accepted as true; a proverb |
| Camaraderie | Good will and warm feelings among friends |
| Contend | To struggle with |
| Extraneous | Not necessary; irrelevant |
| Hubbub | Noisy confusion; uproar |
| Meander | To follow a winding course |
| Odoriferous | Having or giving off a smell |
| Paraphernalia | Personal belongings |
| Punctililous | Careful of and attentive to details, especially one relating to good manners and behavior |
| Recuperate | To regain health or strength |
| Regale | To entertain or delight |
| Sedentary | Doing or requiring a lot of sitting |
| Spartan | Marked by lack of luxury |
| Temporal | Related to everyday world not spiritual or eternal |
| Wry | Turned or bent to one side in distaste or humor |
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