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Vocab Workshop H12
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 12
Question | Answer |
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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 |