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Linh Vocabularies
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sensory | of the senses |
| gregarious | outgoing |
| discretion | good sense |
| scrupulous | ethical |
| optimum | ideal |
| dexterous | skilled |
| ostentatious | showy |
| detriment | disadvantage |
| facetious | funny |
| vicarious | indirect |
| collaborate | to act as a team |
| despondent | depressed |
| instigate | to cause |
| resilient | quick to recover |
| retrospect | looking back |
| rudimentary | basic |
| scoff | to laugh at |
| squelch | to hold back |
| venerate | to honor |
| zealot | an extremist |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| dissident | a rebel |
| embellish | to decorate |
| fritter | to waste |
| inadvertent | not intended |
| inane | silly |
| juxtapose | to put side by side |
| lethargy | weariness |
| sporadic | irregular |
| subsidize | to pay for |
| berate | to scold angrily |
| estrange | to drive away |
| euphoric | very happy |
| impetuous | impulsive |
| infallible | perfect |
| maudlin | overly emotional |
| regress to | to backward |
| relinquish | to give up |
| ubiquitous | found everywhere |
| zenith | the highest point |
| precipitate | to bring on |
| irrevocable | not reversible |
| corroborate | to support |
| dormant | not active |
| disseminate | to spread |
| proliferation | a rapid increase |
| diverged | to separate |
| illicit | unlawful |
| charlatan | a person making dishonest claims |
| hoist | to raise |
| ante-/ anti- | before |
| chron/ chrono- | time |
| cide | kill |
| de- | removal |
| dorm | sleep |
| extra- | outside |
| ject | throw |
| liber/ liver | free |
| vit/ viv | life |
| voc/ vok | voice |
| CREDIBILITY | trustworthiness |
| FORTITUDE | courage |
| SUPERLATIVE | excellent |
| DIFFERENTIATE | distinguish |
| INTERMINABLE | endless |
| FANATICISM | extremism |
| UNCONSCIONABLE | inexcusable |
| ANTAGONISTIC | hostile |
| IMMATERIAL | irrelevant |
| SURMOUNT | overcome |
| DISSUADE | discourage |
| LACKLUSTER | lifeless |
| AUDACITY | boldness |
| TANTALIZE | torment |
| INCONSEQUENTIAL | unessential |
| CHAGRINED | embarrassed |
| SUBTERFUGE | deception |
| CULPABLE | deserving of blame |
| TRANQUIL | peaceful |
| PENCHANT | tendency |
| DEPRECIATE | lose value |
| FOIBLES | minor faults |
| FORESTALL | prevent |
| MACABRE | gruesome |
| DISPARITY | inequality |
| QUANDARY | state of uncertainty |
| AUSTERE | very plain |
| EXORBITANT | very high |
| BOLSTER | prop up |
| TENUOUS | weak |
| ASSIMILATE | to blend in |
| METAMORPHOSIS | transformation |
| INCENTIVE | encouragement |
| CIRCUMVENTED | bypassed |
| EXACERBATE | worsen |
| PROLIFIC | very productive |
| OBJECTIVE | open-minded |
| FLAMBOYANT | flashy |
| GERMANE | related |
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