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ENG Week 4/11 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| adumbrate | to foreshadow vaguely |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen; dependent or conditioned by something else |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming |
| disposition | prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination |
| extraneous | not forming an essential or vital part |
| extrapolate | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk |
| mnemonics | a technique of improving the memory |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficially |
| perpetuated | to cause to last indefinitely |
| quintessential | representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class |
| arrogate | to claim or seize without justification |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| shirk | to go stealthily; to evade the performance or an obligation |