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Vocab Chapter 9 - 10
Vocabulary words for Chapters 9 through 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emulate | To strive to be equal to |
| Sere | Dry and withered |
| Enhance | To increase the value or beauty of something |
| Contrite | Feeling of regret for having committed some wrongdoing |
| Magnanimous | Noble; generous in forgiving |
| Enunciate | To state clearly and distinctly |
| Collaborate | To work with another toward a goal |
| Impound | To retain in legal custody |
| Impeccable | Faultless |
| Evoke | To summon forth |
| Inane | Without sense or meaning; silly |
| Unctuous | Exaggerated or insincerely polite |
| Expatriate | Someone who chooses to live outside or, or renounce, his or her native country |
| Frowzy | Unkempt |
| Heinous | Hatefully or shockingly evil |
| Expound | To explain in detail |
| Cajole | Coax |
| Inscrutable | Not easily understood |
| Balk | To refuse stubbornly or abruptly |
| Acrimony | Ill-natured, bitter hostility |
| Dour | Stern and ill-humored |
| Exult | To feel triumphant |
| Omniscient | Having unlimited knowledge |
| Feasible | Reasonable |
| Fiasco | A complete, ridiculous failure |
| Métier | The work one is especially suited for |
| Fluctuate | To rise and fall |
| Harry | To annoy or harass |
| Incognito | Disguised |
| Lethargy | Sluggishness |