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Chapters 1-5 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| facetious | humorous; playful joking |
| ostentatious | meant to impress others; flashy |
| optimum | best possible; most favorable; most desirable |
| detriment | something that causes damage, harm, or loss |
| vicarious | experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly |
| dexterous | skillful in using the hands or body |
| scrupulous | careful about moral standards; conscientious |
| gregarious | sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others |
| discretion | good judgement or tact in actions or speaking |
| sensory | having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling |
| Collaborate | to work together on a project; cooperate in an effort |
| Despondent | Downhearted;hopeless;overwhelmed with sadness |
| Instigate | to bring about by moving others to action; stir up |
| Resilient | Able to recover from harm, illness, or misfortune |
| Retrospect | Reviewing the past; considering past events |
| Rudimentary | Fundamental; necessary to learn first |
| Scoff | to make fun of; mock; refuse to take seriously |
| Squelch | To silence or suppress; crush |
| Venerate | to respect deeply; revere |
| Zealot | A person totally devoted to purpose or cause |
| ambiguous | Unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| dissident | A rebel; a person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion |
| embellish | To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details |
| fritter | Waste (time or money on unimportant things) |
| inadvertent | resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental |
| inane | Silly, empty of meaning or value |
| juxtapose | To put side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast |
| lethargy | A lack of energy and enthusiasm |
| sporadic | Occluding at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order |
| subsidize | To support; financially; provide a grant or contribution |
| berate | To criticize or scold harshly |
| relinquish | to surrender (something); give (something) up |
| impetuous | Done or acting in a hurry, with little though; impulsive |
| maudlin | Tearfully sentimental; overly emotional |
| ubiquitous | Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time |
| zenith | The highest point or condition; peak |
| estrange | To make unsympathetic or unfriendly; alienate |
| infallible | Not capable of error or failure; unable to make a mistake |
| euphoric | Overjoyed; having an intense feeling of well-being |
| regress | To return to an earlier; generally worse, condition or behavior |
| dormant | Inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep |
| disseminate | To spread or scatter widely; distribute |
| irrevocable | Not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible |
| proliferation | A rapid spread or increase |
| corroborate | To confirm; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of |
| precipitate | to cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected |
| hoist | To lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable |
| charlatan | A fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special knowledge |
| diverge | To branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different |
| illicit | Illegal |
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emma87
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