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Vocab Week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| flamboyant | excessively showy: unrestrained |
| intermittent | not continuous, happening at intervals |
| impetus | a driving force, anything that causes an action; increased activity resulting from a driving force |
| bewail | to express deep regret or sorrow over |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place |
| insuperable | incapable of being overcome or defeated |
| extol | to praise highly |
| plumb | to measure the depth of water; to reach to the deepest part of; to solve; straight up and down, vertical |
| destitute | without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life; lacking, devoid of |
| emancipate | to free from slavery, to release or liberate |
| wheedle | to coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise; to gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise |
| obligatory | required or demanded |
| maxim | a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying |
| detract | to take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance from |
| visage | face; facial expression |