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Blain TKAM Unit 1
Vocabulary words for TKAM Ch. 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assuage | to make milder, to relieve |
| taciturn | inclined to silence; shy |
| predilection | to have a preference for something |
| stricture | strict advice |
| condescend | to talk down to; to behave as if better than |
| entailment | an amount of money that is legally set aside for one purpose |
| onslaught | an onset, assault, or attack |
| fraught | filled or charged with something |
| disapprobation | disapproval |
| auspicious | marked by success; favorable |
| melancholy | extremely sad |
| benign | harmless, not evil |
| malevolent | wishing evil or harm on others |
| quibble | to argue over trivial matters |
| pestilence | a plague or epidemic disease |
| edification | spiritual or intellectual improvement |
| placid | calm |
| bewilder | to confuse or puzzle |
| arbirated | to decide or determine |