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Vocab 1
Term | Definition |
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abate | to reduce |
acrimony | bitterness/discord |
benign | not threatening |
beseech | to beg or plead |
candor | honesty or frankness |
deride | to laugh at mockingly |
desolate | dried up |
egregious | extremely bad |
frenetic | frenzied or hectic |
heinous | shockingly wicked |
immerse | to absorb |
inane | silly and meaningless |
laconic | terse in speech or writing |
lithe | graceful or flexible |
meager | deficient in size or quality |
mollify | to soften in temper |
nascent | in the process of being born |
negligent | habitually careless |
obdurate | unyielding to persuasion |
obtuse | lacking quickness of intellect |
pallid | lacking color |
penchant | a tendency or preference |
perusal | a careful examination |
repudiate | reject |