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Word List Day 11
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| felon | person guilty of murder |
| frugal | careful; economical |
| shun | keep away from avoid |
| mendacious | lying; habitually dishonest |
| apprise | give notice to inform |
| muffler | cloth worn round the neck; silencer |
| bigot | stubborn; narrow-minded person |
| imperative | urgent; essential |
| enthral | take the whole attention, enslave |
| smolder | burn slowly without flame |
| dismal | sad; gloomy; miserable |
| perilous | dangerous |
| lavish | giving or producing freely liberally or generously |
| trickle | flow in drops |
| diabolical | having the qualities of a devil |
| vehemence | forcefulness |
| disencumber | free from encumbrance |
| impending | imminent; about to happen; expected |
| stickler | person who insists on importance of something |
| stigma | mark of shame or disgrace |
| avow | admit; declare openly |
| castigation | severe punishment |
| benevolence | wish or activity in doing good |
| incessant | Constant |
| squat | crouch/settle without permission |
| indulge | gratify; give way to satisfy allow oneself |
| deter | discourage hinder |
| incredulous | skeptical; unwilling to believe |
| tenacity | firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on |
| exuberance | state of growing vigorously being full of life |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| gist | the point general sense |
| transient | temporary fleeting |
| connotation | suggestion in addition to |
| engrave | impress deeply |