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Word List Day 17
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| doleful | dismal; mourful |
| innocuous | causing no harm |
| exhaustive | complete; thorough |
| abrogate | repeal or annul by authority |
| recant | take back as being FALSE give up |
| crush | press lose shape subdue overwhelm |
| talon | claw of a bird of prey |
| quack | person dishonestly claiming to something |
| emaciate | make thin and weak |
| sever | break off |
| sodden | soaked; saturated |
| mephitic | Poisonous; noxious |
| sketchy | shortly, roughly, quickly |
| intrepid | fearless; brave; undaunted |
| preternatural | not normal or usual |
| pariah | an outcast a rejected and despised person |
| unfeigned | not pretended sincere |
| servile | like a slave lacking independence |
| ossify | to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea |
| prim | neat; formal |
| churlish | (adj) boorish |
| fixate | stare at |
| commodious | having plenty of space for what is needed |
| flinch | draw; move back; wince |
| insurrection | rising of people to open resistance to |
| recast | cast or fashion anew |
| thwart | obstruct/frustrate |
| transgress | break go beyond (a limit) |
| engrossing | taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal |
| vilify | slander say evil things |
| intransigence | unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability |
| covert | disguised |
| heinous | odious (of crime) |
| infuse | put; pour; fill |
| ubiquitous | present everywhere |