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Vocab List 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| unrequited | not returned or reciprocated |
| acquiesce | to give reluctantly but peacefully |
| quiescent | quiet, still |
| rectitude | rightness of principle or conduct |
| rectify | to make, put, or set right |
| heterodox | going against accepted opinions or doctrines |
| unorthodox | not conforming to accepted rules, traditions, or conduct |
| paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but expresses a truth |
| rebuttal | a refutation using evidence or argument |
| buttress | to prop up; to give encouragement |
| arbitrator | a person who decides a dispute |
| arbitrary | not planned or chosen based on reason or evidence |
| asperity | harshness of behavior or speech |
| exasperate | to anger or annoy |
| anathema | a cursed person or object |
| anachronism | something that is out of place in time |
| aggrandize | to make appear great or greater |
| aggregate | sum total |
| discrepancy | an instance of difference or inconsistency |
| decrepit | weakened by old age |