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vocabulary test
vocabulary test part two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| insipid | dull; banal |
| heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |
| novel | new; original |
| philanthropy | love of mankind; donating to charity |
| tentative | experimental; temporary; uncertain |
| vacillate | to be indecisive; to waver back and forth |
| pragmatic | practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory |
| rigorous | strict; harsh; severe |
| solemn | serious; grave |
| negligence | carelessness |
| profound | deep; insightful |
| ironic | satiric; unexpected |
| volition | will; conscious choice |
| voluntary | willing; unforced |
| prosaic | dull; unimaginative, like prose |
| profuse | overabundant; to much |
| languish | to become weak, listless or repressed |
| stagnation | motionlessness;inactivity |
| mitigate | to lessen the severity of something |
| reprehensible | worthy of blame or censure |