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English Vocab
Vocab test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone) |
| Acumen | the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions |
| Antipathy | a deep-seated feeling of dislike; |
| Belie | (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict. |
| Caveat | a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations: caution |
| Conductive | making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible; helpful; favorable |
| Empirical | based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic |
| Exhort | strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something. |
| Facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. |
| Gauche | lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward. |
| Innovate | (of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original |
| Integral | necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental. |
| Malevolent | having or showing a wish to do evil to others. |
| Organic | relating to or derived from living matter |
| Plethora | over abundance; a lot of ;a large or excessive amount of (something). |
| Reciprocal | given, felt, or done in return. |
| Subordinate | lower in rank or position. |
| Suffice | be enough or adequate.; meet the needs of. |
| Ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere. |
| Vacuous | having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless. |
| Ascetic | characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. |
| Paroxysm | a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity. |