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English 10-20 day 3

English 9 Vocab 10-20 day 3

TermDefinition
recoup regain (something lost or expended).
quaver (of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
skeptical not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
divulge make known (private or sensitive information).
laborious (especially of a task, process, or journey) requiring considerable effort and time.
wily skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
obtrusive noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.
invincible too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
proponent someone who proposes something, or at least supports it by speaking and writing in favor of it.
maltreat treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence.
bleak exposed and barren and often windswept a bleak landscape bleak soils.
exploit make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
depreciation a reduction in the value of an asset with the passage of time, due in particular to wear and tear.
blasphemy the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.
synthetic (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
autocratic relating to a ruler who has absolute power.
intolerable unable to be endured.
aspire direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something.
chide scold or rebuke.
impair weaken or damage something (especially a human faculty or function).
Created by: Masynbs.
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