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vocab 10+visuwords
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| expound | v.to explain in detail; to clarifysyn: elaborateant:muddle;confuse |
| cajole | v. to persuade with false promises and flatterysyn:coax, wheedleant: dissuade; deter |
| inscrutable | adj. nost easily understood; hard to fathomsyn: enigmaticant: obvious; evident |
| balk | v to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go onsyn: hesitate; objectant:agree; continue |
| acrimony | n. ill-naturatured, bitter hostilitysyn: animosityant:friendliness |
| dour | adj. stern and ill-humoredsyn: forbiddingant:pleasant |
| exult | v. to rehoice; to feel triumphantsyn: celebrate |
| omniscient | adj. having unlimited knowledge; all-knowing |
| feasible | adj. reasoable; capable of being carried out syn: possible; doableant: unworkable |
| fiasco | n. a complete, ridiculous failuresyn: disasterant: success |
| metier | n. the work one is especially suited for; one's specialty; an occupationsyn: forteant: weakness |
| fluctuate | v. to rise and fall; to vary irregularysyn: waver; vacillateant: stabilize |
| harry | v. to annoy or harasssyn: bother; pester |
| incognito | adj. disguised; pretending not to be oneself |
| lethargy | n. lack of energy; sluggishnesssyn: topor; lassitudeant: vigor; vitality |
| salubrious | favorableto or promoting healt; healthful |
| mesmerizing | hypnotizing, spellbinding, fascinating |
| tittering | nervously giggling |
| neophyte | amateur, begginer, newcomer, starter |
| peturbed | hot and bothered, rattled, discomposed |
| coax | wheedle, cajole, persuade, brow-beat, sweet talk to convince |
| rascal | a mischievous person or animal; a base, dishonest or unscrupulous person |
| ethnocentrism | practice of regarding one's own race or culture as superior to all others |
| garrulous | gossiper, chatty |
| irrevocably | incapable of being revoked or taken back |
| obstinacy | stubborn, firmness, butheaded |