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VP2** Set 5

QuestionAnswer
Emollient Soothing, especially to the skin
Enjoin To direct or impose with urgent appeal, to order with emphasis; to forbid
Eschew To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)
Espy (Ehs- PEYE) To catch sight of, glimpse
Exponent One who champions or advocates
Expound To explain or describe in detail
Facetious Witty, humorous
Facile Seeming to lack sincerity or depth; Arrived at without due effort; easily accommplished
Flout To scorn, to disregard with contempt
Fodder raw material, as for artistic creation; readily abundant ideas or images
Forego To go before
Furlough A leave of absence, especially granted to a soldier or a prisoner
Grotto A small cave
Imbibe To recieve into the mind and take in, absorb
Impudent Marked by cocky boldness or disregard for others
Impugn (ihm- PYOON) To call into question; to attack verbally
Incipient Beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
Inquest An investigation
Insular Characteristic of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
Inter (ihn-TUR) To bury
Intractable Not easily managed or manipulated
Intransigent Uncompromising, refusing to abandon an extreme position
Intrepid Fearless, resolutely courageous
Itinerant Wandering from place to place; unsettled
Libertine (lih-ber-TEEN) A free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
Malaise (maa LAYZ) A feeling of unease or depression
Malediction A wish of evil upon another
Mannered Artificial or stilted in character
Microcosm A small scale representation of a larger system
Necromancy The practice of communicating with the dead in order to predict the future
Onus A burden, an obligation
Created by: maomao93
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