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English 9 vocab 8
English vocab 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adroit | clever at dealing with difficult situations; adept; skillful |
| affront | to insult or to offend deliberately |
| avocation | an activity pursued for pleasure; a hobby |
| crusade | a prolonged, impassioned struggle for what is believed to be a just cause |
| definitive | supplying a final answer; conclusive |
| demeanor | behavior |
| erudite | having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned |
| induct | to install in office, sometimes with a formal ceremony; to admit to a society or to military service |
| lapse | to fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accomplishment; to come to an end, to expire; a pause or interval |
| militant | ready to fight, especially for a cause |
| pariah | a social outcast |
| prodigy | a person who shows remarkable talent at an early age; an amazing or extraordinary thing or event |
| protege | one whose training or career is helped along by another |
| raucous | rough and unpleasant to the ear |
| tacit | expressed without words |