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Week 13-15

Vocabulary

TermDefinition
chagrin a feeling of disappointment, distress, or embarrassment
debonair graceful, charming, smooth; seemingly carefree
expedite to make easier or quicker; to hasten
forgo to refrain or abstain from; to go without
incoherent impossible to explain or understand
incredulous showing disbelief or doubt; skeptical; disbelieving
insidious sly; treacherous; working in a hidden by dangerous way into or through
interpose to put between; to insert between parts; to interject during a conversation; to intervene
intrinsic belonging to a thing by its essential nature; inherent
invidious likely to cause ill-will or envy; hateful
martyr one who is persecuted, tortured, or killed for refusing to renounce religious principles; one who sacrifices for the sake of a belief or cause (v) to torture or put to death for refusing to deny a belief or faith
peripheral away from the central part; on the edge; only slightly concerned with the important part; unessential
plebeian one of the common people of ancient Rome; a vulgar person; (adj) common; vulgar; crude
precipitate to cause something to happen; to bring about quickly or suddenly; (adj) reckless; rash; acting hastily
waive to defer or delay; to relinquish a claim, right, or privilege
Created by: mycookie
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