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Vocab 9
vocab words
Term | Definition |
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Ignominious | adj. characterized by or associated with disgrace dishonor or shame; humiliating; deserving of disgrace; contemptible |
Prevalent | adj. accepted or used or practiced by most people |
Amenable | adj. readily giving in or agreeing |
Reverberate | v. to reflect sound; echo; bounce back and forth |
Circumvent | v. to manage to avoid or evade esp. by clever maneuvering; to go around; skirt; bypass. |
Contradiction | n. the act of contradicting or the condition of being contradicted; a condition in which two things are in opposition to each other; inconsistency |
Intimidation | n. the act of causing someone to become frightened |
Derive | v. to receive or obtain from a source |
Discern | v. 1. detect with the senses; 2. to distinguish mentally;m 3. to recognize as separate or different. |
Warily | adv. in a cautious or watchful manner. |