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Vocab Words #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Complacent | pleased with oneself |
| Guile | cunning |
| Squander | to waste |
| Incessant | never ending |
| Laudable | worthy of praise |
| Deter | to prevent |
| Redundant | unnecessary |
| Infamous | having a bad reputation |
| Provocative | exciting |
| Depravity | moral corruption |
| Gravity | seriousness |
| Banal | ordinary |
| Extol | to praise |
| Euphony | pleasant sound |
| Deride | to ridicule |
| Insipid | dull |
| Austere | stern; forbidding |
| Expedite | to make faster or easier |
| Heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |
| Novel | origanel |
| Philanthropy | love of mankind |
| Tentative | uncertain |
| Deference | respect |
| Vacillate | to be indecisive |
| Fervor | passion |
| Dispassionate | without passion |
| Pragmatic | practical |
| Rigorous | harsh |
| Solemn | serious |
| Alleviate | to relieve |
| Negligence | carelessness |
| Conspicuous | standing out |
| Advocate | to support |
| Ascetic | practicing self denial |
| Profound | insightful |
| Ironic | unexpected |
| Dogmatic | Arrogantly claiming that something is beyond dispute |
| Condone | to permit to happen |
| Dissent | disagreement |
| Volition | conscious choice |
| Voluntary | willing; unforced |
| Didactic | instructive |
| Disparate | different |