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Vocabulary 5-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| showing an orderly relation of parts; sticking together | coherent |
| characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | colloquial |
| to feel or express sorrow or pity | commiserate |
| to forgive or disregard an offense; to approve or sanction | condone |
| spacious, roomy, as in a house | commodious |
| thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins | contrite |
| to refrain from something by one's choice | abstain |
| Impudent;rude; irrelevant | impertinent |
| holding firmly, even stubbonly, to a belief | pertinacious |
| hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly | tenacity |
| a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning | aptitude |
| without skill; inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd | inept |
| an added part not essential to the whole | adjunct |
| to give forms of verbs in a fixed order | conjugate |
| an authoritive command or order | injuction |
| a serious state of affairs | juncture |
| to conquer; to dominate compleatly | subjugate |
| harsh; severe; a substance that tightens tissues | astringent |
| a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water; a difficulty or bad position | strait |
| severe; constricted; tight; pertaining to scarcity of money | stringent |