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Vocabulary Exam
9/21 vocab and up
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Participle | A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective |
| Spite (n.) | An instance of malicious feeling. |
| Clement (adj.) / clemency (n.) | Inclined to be lenient or merciful. |
| To Meditate | To reflect on; contemplate. |
| Gravity (n.; not the force of attraction drawing bodies toward the earth) | Grave consequence; seriousness or importance: |
| Scourge (n.) | A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war. |
| Indolent (adj.) | lazy |
| Dogma | A principle or belief or a group of them: |
| rapacity / rapacious | Taking by force; plundering. |
| syllogism | Reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction. |
| infirmity | Frailty; feebleness. |
| to slough off | To cast off |