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Vocabulary 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ignominious | characterized by or associated with disgrace dishonor or shame; humiliating; deserving of disgrace; contemptible |
| prevalent | accepted or used or practiced by most people |
| amenable | readily giving in or agreeing |
| reverberate | to reflect sound; echo; bounce back and forth |
| circumvent | to manage to avoid or evade esp. by clever maneuvering; to go around; skirt; bypass. |
| contradiction | the act of contradicting or the condition of being contradicted; a condition in which two things are in opposition to each other; inconsistency |
| intimidation | the act of causing someone to become frightened |
| derive | to receive or obtain from a source |
| discern | detect with the senses; 2. to distinguish mentally; |
| warily | in a cautious or watchful manner. |