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Vocabulary Unit 5
Term | Definition |
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Insinuate | Hint |
Retribution | Punishment |
Disparity | Inequality |
Insidious | More harmful than at first evident |
Permeate | Spread throughout |
Opportune | Well-timed |
Forestall | Prevent |
Omnipotent | All powerful |
Interrogate | Formally question |
Flout | Disobey |
Implement | Carry out |
Obstructive | Undesirably noticeable |
Discrete | Tactful |
Impromptu | Unplanned |
Heinous | Evil |
Inference | Assumption |
Fastidious | Attentive to details |
Innuendo | Indirect remark |
Expedite | Speed up |
Rebuke | Scold |
Vehement | Forceful |
Auspicious | Favorable |
Transgress | Break a law |
Subordinate | |
Redeem | Restored to favor |
Turbulent | Wildly disturbed |
Macabre | Frightful |
Derogatory | Belittling |
Validate | Prove |
Misconstrue | Misunderstand |
Deride | Ridicule |
Fabricate | Invent |
Impending | About to happen |
Paramount | Chief |
Irreparable | Unable to be repaired |
Adroit | Skillful |
Stigma | Disgrace |
Repudiate | Deny the truth of |
Spontaneous | Done on impulse |
Pinnacle | Peak |
Platitude | Commonplace remark |
Contention | Claim |
Incapacitate | Disable |
Docile | Easy to discipline |
Abrasive | Rough |
Prognosis | Prediction |
Admonish | Scold |
Antithesis | Opposite |
Culminations | Highest point |
Emulate | Imitate |
Chief |