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Vocabulary U3
Unit Three from Vocabulary for the High School Student
Question | Answer |
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What is cache? | A hiding place to store something. |
What is commend? | to praise or mention favorably |
commendable | praisworthy or laudable |
cur | worthless dog |
despotic | domineering, autocratic, dictatorial |
despotism | tyranny, dictatorship |
dispute | argue about, debate |
disputatious | argumentative |
edifice | large impressive bulding |
era | historical period, time or age |
initiate | begin, introduce, put to ceremony to become part of |
multitude | very large number or people of things |
multitudinous | many, numerous |
perceive | become aware of |
perception | idea, conception |
portal | (usually plural) door, entrance |
reserved | restrained in speech or action, unsociable |
restrain | hold back |
retract | draw back, take back |
spineless | having no backbone. weak. indecisive. |
stroll | leisurely walk |
timorous | full of fear, afraid, timid |
tuition | payment for instruction |
version | translation, account, or desciption from one point of view |