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Blain TKAM Unit 1
Vocabulary words for TKAM Ch. 1-6
Question | Answer |
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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 |