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Challenge Vocab 8
Mason Burks - Challenge Vocab 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| burnish | polish |
| circumspect | cautious |
| clamor | loud noise |
| concord | harmonious agreement |
| condolence | expression of sympathy |
| debunk | to expose falseness of something |
| dour | stern |
| erudite | learned |
| fetter | to chain |
| fickle | inconstant |
| fidelity | loyalty |
| latent | hidden, but capable of being exposed |
| laudatory | expressing admiration |
| maxim | a common saying expressing a principle of conduct |
| portent | omen |
| quandary | a bad situation |
| quell | to diffuse a potentially explosive situation |
| surmise | to infer with little evidence |
| zephyr | a gentle breeze |