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Vocabulary packet
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| annul | to reduce to nothing to make ineffective or inoperative to declare invalid or void |
| blase | indifferent bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures apathetic |
| bolster | to support to give a boost |
| deplore | to feel or express regret or disapproval |
| frivolous | of little importance not worthy of serious attention |
| muster | to bring together for service or battle to gather or summon |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| obsess | to trouble haunt or fill the mind |
| ornate | elaborately decorated showily spended |
| oust | to remove drive out of a position or place |
| peruse | to read thoroughly and carefully |
| porous | full of tiny holes able to be penetrated by air or water |
| promontory | a high point of land extending into water |
| prone | lying face down inclined likely |
| qualm | a pang of conscience uneasy misgiving or doubt a feeling of quaintness or nausea |
| recourse | a person or thing turned to for help or advice the act of seeking help or avice |
| residue | a remainder that which remains when a part has been removed |
| solicitous | showing concern or care fearful or anxious about something |
| staid | serious or dignified quiet or subdued in character or contact |
| sustain | to support or nourish |