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Academic Vocabulary3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Augment (vt) | To increase; to enlarge |
| Auspicious (adj) | Favorable; fortunate |
| Austere (adj) | Somber; ascetic; severe |
| Autonomous (adj) | Self-governing; independent |
| Avarice (n) | Greed; cupidity |
| Baleful (adj) | Ominous; sinister; deadly |
| Bathos (n) | Triteness; anti-climax |
| Benediction (n) | Blessing; approval |
| Beneficent (adj) | Beneficial; advantageous |
| Benevolent (adj) | Kind; charitable; generous |
| Benign (adj) | Gracious; favorable; mild |
| Blithe (adj) | Joyous; glad; cheerful |
| Bucolic (adj) | Pastoral; rustic; rural |
| Bumptious (adj) | Noisily self-assertive; obstrusive |
| Cacophony (n) | Dissonance; harshness in sound |
| Cadaverous (adj) | Gaunt; emaciated; corpse-like |
| Cadence (adj) | Rhythm |
| Calumny (n) | Slander; false accusation |
| Capricious (adj) | Impulsive; unpredictable |
| Captious (adj) | Critical; fault-finding |