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english 2 honors mussso
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| engender | v to cause to exist |
| precedent | N an earlier example that helps in similar cases |
| Reiterate | V to say again |
| Prudent | Adj careful/wise |
| negligence | N carelessness |
| Inoculate | V to immunize by giving a shot |
| Lax | Adj careless ; not diligent |
| Impartial | Adj not biased ;fair |
| Docile | Adj ready and willing to be taught |
| Sacrosant | Adj sacred |
| Lucid | Adj easy to understand |
| Credulous | Adj eager to believe; gullible |
| Rudimentary | Adj basic |
| Daunt | V to discourage ;make fearful |
| Incense | V to make very angry |
| Exacerbate | V to increase the severity ;make worse |
| Labyrinth | N a difficult maze of connecting passages |
| Indigenous | Adj innate;native |
| charisma | N personal quality that shows enthusiasm |
| cursory | Adj performed with haste ;hasty |
| countenance | n the expression on the face ; face |
| beset | v to harass persistently |
| ardent | adj passionate |
| squander | v to send wastefully |
| supercilious | adj feeling or showing haughty disdain |
| marred | adj damaged or bruised |
| indolent | adj habitually lazy |
| dearth | n a scarce supply lack of something |
| pacify | v to calm someone down |
| vitiate | v to reduce the quality; to make impure |