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Vocab 1-3
Vocabulary words from lessons 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adroit | adj. skillful and clever; resourceful |
| embody | v. to give definite or concrete form to; to incorporate |
| foible | n. a minor weakness in character |
| fugitive | v. passing away quickly; not lasting long. Fleeing. |
| fugitive | n. a person who flees |
| irrepressible | a. Incapable of being restrained or controlled |
| keen | adj. Very strong; intense. Having or showing mental quickness. |
| keen | adj. Very sensitive. Piercing;cutting. |
| legacy | n. Something handed down from the past as from an ancestor. |
| legacy | n. Money or property left to someone by a will. |
| nuance | n. A slight variation in meaning, expression, color, or tone |
| repertoire | n. A list of artistic works, such as plays, operas, or songs, that a performer or group is prepared to perform |
| stark | adj. Utter; complete; absolute. Bleak; desolate; barren. Harsh; grim |
| arrogant | adj. feeling or showing an overbearing pride or self-importance; conceited; haughty. |
| cavalier | adj. showing a haughty or disdainful disregard for, sometimes in a free and easy manner |
| condescending | adj. showing a snobbish or superior attitude |
| contemptuous | adj. showing disdain or contempt; scornful |
| ebullient | adj. Very enthusiastic. lively, excited; bubbling as though being boiled |
| egocentric | adj. Interested only in one's own needs or affairs; self-centered |
| haughty | adj. Having or showing great pride in oneself and scorn for others. |
| pompous | adj. characterized by too much dignity or self-importance. |
| unpretentious | adj. Modest; simple; plain |
| waspish | adj. Easily irritated or annoyed; bad-tempered. |
| adjunct n. | n. Something or someone joined or added to something else but not essentially a part of it. |
| adjunct adj. | adj. added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity |
| aggregate | adj. gathered together in one mass; total; collective |
| aggregate | n. a whole composed of a mass of distinct things. |
| aggregate | v. to gather into a mass |
| congregate | v. to gather into a crowd or mass; assemble |
| egregious | adj. remarkably bad or offensive; flagrant. |
| enjoin | v. to direct, order, or urge with authority. To prohibit; forbid. |
| gregarious | adj. found of the company of others; sociable. |
| gregarious | adj. Living in flocks or groups. |
| injunction | n. A command; order. A court order requiring or prohibiting some act. |
| juncture | n. The act of joining or the state of being joined. |
| juncture | n. A point where two things are joined. |
| junta | n. a group, usually made up of military officers, that rules a country after the overthrow of the government. |
| segregate | v. to set apart from others; isolate. |
| segregate | v. To impose the separation of a specific group from the rest of society. |
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Mrs. Dodd--English
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