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Darlington Vocab U.3
Question | Answer |
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Abridge | (v) to makes shorter |
Adherent | (n) a follower, supporter; (adj) attached, sticking to |
Altercation | (n) an angry argument |
Cherubic | (adj) resembling an angle portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and incorrect |
Condone | (v) to ponder or overlook |
Dissent | (v) to disagree; (n) disagreement |
Eminent | (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
Exorcise | (v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
Fabricate | (v) to make, manufacture, to make up, invent |
Gluttony | (n) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence |
Irate | (adj) angry |
Marauder | (n) a raider, plunderer |
Pauper | (n) an extremely poor person |
Pilfer | (v) to steal in small quantities |
Rift | (n) a split break, breach |
Semblance | (n) a likeness; an outward appearance;an apparition |
Surmount | (v) to overcome, rise above |
Terminate | (v) To bring to an end |
Trite | (adj) commonplace; overused, stale |
Usurp | (v) to seize and hold a position by force or without right |