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Vocab Workshop H12
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apposite | adj. appropriate |
| augur | n. a prophet v. to predict |
| bilk | v. to defraud, cheat, or swindle |
| charisma | n. the special personal magnetism that makes an individual |
| debilitate | v. to make weak |
| execrable | adj. hateful, extremely inferior |
| impinge | v. to strike against or collide violently |
| labyrinth | n. a bewildering maze |
| narcissism | n. excessive self-love |
| niggardly | adj. stingy |
| pastiche | n. a dramatic, musical, or literary hodgepodge |
| precarious | adj. very uncertain or unsure |
| rapport | n. a close and harmonious relationship |
| utilitarian | adj. stressing practicality over other considerations |
| vacuous | adj. devoid of matter, substance, or meaning |
| vagary | n. an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action |
| viable | adj. capable of living under normal circumstances |
| xenophobia | n. undue fear of foreigners |
| zany | adj. clownish n. one who plays the clown |
| zealot | n. a fanatical partisan |