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Vocab 5-6
all words from lessons 5 and 6
Term | Definition |
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coherent | showing an ordinary relation of parts sticking together being able to communicate clearly and logically |
colloquial | characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writining |
commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or pity |
condone | to forgive; to disregard an offence to approve or sanction |
commodious | spacious, roomy, as in a house |
contrite | thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins |
abstain | to refrain from from something by one's choice |
impertinent | impudent; rude |
pertinacious | holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief |
tenacity | hanging on to something persistantly |
apptitude | a natural talent or ability; quickness in learnig |
inept | without skill inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd |
adjunct | an added part not essential to the whole |
conjugate | to give forms of verbs in a fixed order |
injunction | an athoritive command or order |
juncture | a serious state of a affairs the condition or point of being joined |
subjugate | to conquer; to dominate completely |
astringent | harsh; severe |
straight | a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water (usually plural) a difficulty or bad position |
stringent | severe; constricted; tight pertaining to a scarcity of money |