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GR 8: TKAM voc
TKAM Grade 8 voc. 1-40 Dec 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| auspicious | favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate |
| tyranny | oppressive or unjustly severe goverment on the part of any ruler |
| placidly | pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenly quiet or undisturbed: placid waters |
| gingerly | with great care or caution; warily |
| morbid | suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme,etc.: a morbid interest in death |
| benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king |
| inquisitive | given to inquiry, reasearch, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curios:an inquisitive mind |
| prowess | exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength: his prowess as a public speaker |
| malignant | disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred |
| ensuing | to follow as a consequence; result: when those two friends meet, a battle of wits ensues |
| abberation | the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type |
| ingenuous | artless; innocent; naive |
| sibling | a brother or sister |
| adjacent | lying near, close, or contigous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway |
| perpetrated | to be reposible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke |
| tentaively | unsure; uncertain;not definite or positive; hesitant: a tentative smile on his face |
| ascertaining | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertian the facts |
| provocaction | something that insites, instigates, angers, or irratates |
| vigil | the period of wakefulness from inability to sleep |
| caricature | a picture, discription, etc., ludicraouly exaggerating the peculiarites or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn |
| terse | abruptly concise; curt; brusque |
| articulate | using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker |
| tenet | any opinion,principle,doctrine, dogma, etc., esp. one held as true buy members of a profession, group, or movement |
| irrelevant | unrelated to the matter of being considered |
| amiably | agreeable; willing to accept the wishes , decisions, or suggestions of another or others |
| stealthy | marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to aviod notice |
| indigenous | originating in and charactersistic of a particlular region or counrty; native(often fol. by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa |
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smcauliffe
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