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vocabulary-midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altruistic | unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous |
| ambivalent | having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action |
| angular | lean;sharp cornered; gaunt |
| arrogant | overbearingly assuming; insolently proud |
| aversion | strong disinclination, disliking |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to rject as unworthy |
| disparage | to degrade,to speak of someone or something in a deragatory manner |
| disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal of age, rank, or degree |
| embellish | to decorate, to make beautifuk with ornamentation |
| engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| innocuos | harmless, producing no injury |
| insipid | boring and stupid |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in demonstrative manner |
| laud | to praise, to extol |
| obscure | difficult to see, vague |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance |
| repudiate | to reject, to disown, to disavow |
| reticence | restraint in speech, retulance to speak |
| antithesis | a direct opposite, a contrast |
| ascend | to move upward, to raise form a lower station |
| austere | strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic |
| benign | not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial |
| capricious | changing suddenly, fickle |
| dawdle | to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner |
| defamation | act of harming or ruining another's reputation |
| exacberate | to aggrivate, to irritate, to vex |
| extol | to praise, to glorify |
| furtive | secret in an underhanded way, stealthly |
| gregarious | sociable and outgoing |
| hypocrite | one who is incinere and deceitful |
| innate | existing from birth, inborn |
| lethargic | sluggish, languid |
| melancholy | depression of spirits |
| opaque | not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand |
| prolific | abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity |
| reprove | to scold or to rebuke for a misdeedusually with kindly intent |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| tranquil | peaceful,calm |
| abstruse | difficult to understand, recondite, concealed |
| audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring |
| contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant |
| credulous | beleiving on slight evidence, gullible |
| depravity | moral corruption, a wicked or pervverse act |
| didactic | instructive designed to teach |
| dormant | inactive, sleeping |
| enigmantic | mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling |
| exotic | foreign, unfamiliar |
| immutable | unchanging |
| incorrigible | incapable of being reformed or improved |
| loathe | to detest |
| nullify | to cause not to be in effect, to negate |
| pacifistic | opposed to war or ise of force |
| prententious | making an extravegant outward show, self-important |
| prologue | introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action |
| recant | to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke |
| servile | overly submissive |
| trepidation | fear, trembling, agitation |
| vilify | to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against |
| aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof | apart, indifferent |
| archaic | antiquated, old, out of use |
| belie | to contradict, to give a false impression |
| contentious | quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
| daunt | to intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate | to weaken, to enfeeble |
| discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife |
| dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted way |
| egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| gluttonous | greedy for food and drink |
| mundane | ordinary, common place |
| ominous | threatening |
| petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| precocious | exceptionaly early in development or occurence |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| verbose | wordy, very talkative |
| volatile | quickly changable, easily vaporized |
| acriminous | caustic |
| ameliorate | to make better, to releive, to improve |
| amenable | open or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
| amorphous | shapeless, having no definate form |
| buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful |
| cajole | to pursuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to weedle |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| debase | to reduce in dignity or quality |
| efface | to erase, to wear away |
| elucidate | to make clear, to explain |
| ephemeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
| inscrutable | difficult ot inderstand; mysterious |
| ferocity | savagery |
| flourish | to thrive, to grow well |
| haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
| impervious | incapable of being enteredor penetrated, not capable of being damaged |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid |
| indolence | laziness |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| languid | slow, sluggish, listless, weak |
| antiquated | obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable |
| arable | fit for plowing, tillable |
| ascendancy | domination; growing power |
| atrophy | to waste away, to wither |
| clandestine | secret |
| conciliate | to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship |
| cursory | superficial, casual, hastily done |
| derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| extricate | to free, to disentangle |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| garrulous | talkative, rambling |
| impetuous | violent, hasty, rash, impulsive |
| paradoxical | something that appears false ot contradictory but is actually correct |
| industrious | skillfully busy or occupied |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| levity | excessive frivolty, flippancy |
| oblivion | state of being forgotten |
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