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LA Vocab Test 7
Term | Definition |
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Importune | Ask urgently |
Incontrovertible | Undeniable |
Surreptitious | Stealthy, Accomplished by secret |
Haven | Place of safety |
Subjugate | Conquer |
Idiom: To take the bull by the horns | To face a problem directly |
Ultimate | Final |
Eventuate | To result finally |
Emit | To give off |
Subterrain | Underground |
Viable | Practicable, workable |
Idiom: Lion's share | The major portion |
Premise | Grounds for a conclusion |
Jeopardize | Endanjer |
Incredulous | Skeptical |
Permeate | To spread through |
Propitious | Favorable |
Idiom: Out of the frying pan into the fire | To go from a difficult situation to a worse one |
Surmise | Guess |
Curtail | To cut short |
Repress | To put down |
Cryptic | Puzzling |
Inchoate | In an early stage |
To keep the pot boiling | To see that interest doesn't die down |
Aspire | To strive for |
Inveigh | Attack verbally |
Neetle | Irritate |
Overt | Open |
Relegate | Assign to an inferior position |
Idiom: To bury the hatchet | To make peace |
Supine | Lying in the back |
Mammoth | Huge |
Repulse | Drive back |
Havoc | Ruin |
Raze | Desrtoy |
Idiom: Philadelphia Lawyer | A lawyer of outstanding ability |
Lethal | Deadly |
Scurry | Run Hastily |
Incisive | Acute |
Precipitate | Hasten |
Stereotype | Unvarying pattern |
Idiom: To guild the lily | To praise extravagantly |
Stentorian | Loud |
Singular | Extraordinary |
Valor | Courage |
Bias | Prejuice |
Sinecure | Soft job |
Idiom: To Steal one's Thunder | To weaken one's position by stating the argument before that person does |