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Vocabulary list 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambiguous | having more than one meaning, uncertain, unclear |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, congenial,civil, and urbane |
| crass | coarse, crude, and unrefined |
| discursive | rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly |
| docile | easily, manged, obedient, passive |
| estrange | to alienate, to seperate |
| exonerate | to free from blame, obligation, or responsibility |
| gratuitous | given freely, unwarrented |
| hypothesize | to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven |
| indignation | anger as a result of something unjust |
| induce | to bring on or to bring about |
| intractable | stubborn, difficult to manage |
| introspective | the quality of examining one's own mind or thoughts |
| lucid | easily understood, mentally sound |
| meticulous | taking great care |
| misanthrope | a hater of mankind |
| munificent | very generous |
| plagiarize | to steal and to use another's writings as one's own |
| profuse | extravagantly abundant, flowing freely |
| recluse | a person who lives in solitude , a hermit |
| sated | satisfied fully, indulged to excess |
| stupefy | to dull the senses as to put into a stupor |
| terse | consise |
| transient | quickly passing, fleeting |
| virtuoso | one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant |