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ANCILLARY #3
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abhor | Regard with disgust and hatred |
| aspire | direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something |
| bigot | a person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own |
| boisterous | of a person, event, or behavior noisy, energetic, cheerful, and rowdy |
| boycott | to refuse to do anything that you don’t want to do it is offensive |
| commemorate | recall and show respect for someone or something |
| counterfeit | not genuine, fake |
| credulous | unsuspecting, gullible, naive |
| decorum | appropriate behavior, good manners, politeness |
| despondent | in low spirits from loss of hope or courage. |
| flourishing | very lively |
| guerrilla | a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces |
| Inference | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| jovial | cheerful and friendly |
| plethora | extreme excess |
| pulverize | reduce to fine particles |
| quandary | dilemma, a delicate situation, a predicament |
| recede | go or move back or further away from a previous position |
| vacillate | pondering, differentiating |
| voracious | wanting or devouring great quantities of food |
| unanimous | in complete agreement |
| wane | (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size |
| Xenophobia | a fear of strangers |
| Zephyr | a breeze, a draft, wind |
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lin.benaim-oveed
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