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Honors English II
Lessons 15&16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| noxious | injurious |
| connive | conspire |
| chutzpah | nerve |
| liege | king |
| odium | hatred |
| crass | crude |
| hypercritical | overcritical |
| fallacy | a misconception |
| complacent | confident |
| befuddle | bewilder |
| pandemonium | chaos |
| parsimonious | cheap |
| verbose | prolix |
| laudable | admirable |
| indiscreet | flagrant |
| pique | irritate |
| linguistics | the scientific study of the structure, sounds, and meaning of language |
| plebeian | peasant |
| precocious | advanced |
| predatory | pillaging |
| prowess | power |
| pugnacious | combative |
| purloin | to steal |
| pusillanimous | timid |
| quell | calm |
| quixotic | very idealistic |
| rabble | a mob |
| rabid | uncontrollable |
| raconteur | a person skilled at telling stories |
| vindictive | vengeful |