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Week 5 Day 4 Vocab
Week 5 Day 4 Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Callow | Young and inexperienced; immature |
| Contemporary | A person living during the same period as another |
| Cynical | Doubtful of the sincerity of others’ motives; skeptical |
| Despot | A ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people |
| Enunciate | 1. To pronounce clearly 2. To state; to announce |
| Impediment | Anything that gets in the way; an obstacle |
| Impoverish | 1. To make poor 2. to take away |
| Indolent | Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy |
| Sagacious | Showing sound judgment; wise |
| Secular | worldly; not connected with a church or religion |
| Speculate | 1. To think about or make guesses 2. To engage in a risky business venture |
| Strife | Conflict or struggle |
| Venerate | To show great respect for |
| Voracious | 1. Ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of food 2. Greatly eager |
| Wane | To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker; to near an end |
| Apropos | Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt |
| Ascendancy | Controlling influence; domination |
| Assess | To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of |
| Aver | to declare positively; to state as the truth |
| Concede | 1. To admit to be true, often reluctantly 2. To grant or let have |
| Deficient | Lacking |
| Dogma | An unproven principle or belief held to be true |
| Embody | 1. To put an idea into a form that can be seen. 2. To make part of a system; incorporate |
| Impart | 1. To make known; disclose 2. To bestow |
| Oratory | The art of public speaking |
| Propagate | 1. To reproduce 2. To cause to reproduce 3. To foster the spread of |
| Proponent | Someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate |
| Rudimentary | 1. Not yet fully developed 2. Elementary |
| Sojourn | A visit or temporary stay |
| Vociferous | making one’s feelings known in a loud way |