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VOCAB CH 8-9
Ms Bachen
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| innumerable | too many to be counted |
| indiscernible | impossible to distinguish |
| ravenously | hungrily or passionately |
| pretenses | He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false ___. |
| liable | required by law (or likely) to do something |
| corroborate | support or confirm something |
| exasperated | irritated or annoyed |
| practicality | simple or making the most sense given the situation |
| suggestiveness | leaning toward or suggesting an idea |
| interminable | endless |
| fortutitously | by chance or accident |
| surmise | believing something is true without evidence |
| forlorn | sad or abandoned |
| laden | loaded or weighed down |
| circumstantial | suggesting someone is guilty, but not necessarily proving it |
| superfluous | unnecessary, more than enough |
| embroidered | decorated |
| hasty | done with speed or urgency |
| solidarity | unity |
| reverent | deeply respectful |
| keenly | intensely |
| deficiency | a quality someone is lacking |
| inquisitions | questions and curiousities |
| conventional | what is widely accepted, the norm |
| elocution | the skill of clear speech |
| ceaselessly | continually and without end |
| obscurity | being unknown or unimportant |
| aesthetic | beauty or the appreciation of beauty |
| refuse | garbage or waste |
| fare | money someone on public transport has to pay |