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Lesson 14 EngIish I Honors Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assuage | to make less intense or severe; to calm or satisfy |
| pedestrian | undistinguished; ordinary |
| prudent | sensible and careful; exercising good judgment |
| innocuous | having no ill effects; harmless |
| zeal | enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal or activity |
| enhance | to make greater or improved in size, value, or effectiveness |
| prodigious | great in size or force; enormous |
| furtive | done in a secretive or hidden manner; sly or sneaky |
| verbose | using or containing a great number of words |
| fanatic | a person marked by extreme enthusiasm for a cause, ideal, or activity |
| contrite | feeling regret for a fault or offense; remorseful |
| supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority |
| torpid | deprived of motion or feeling; lethargic; apathetic |
| paucity | small in number or amount; scarcity |
| rescind | to make void or null |