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HE10 midterm vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ascribed | crediting someone with something |
| abhorred | to hate |
| chided | scolding |
| arduous | difficult to do |
| avarice | greediness |
| trifling | not serious |
| insidious | gradual or subtle |
| magnanimous | generous or forgiving especially toward a rival or less powerful person |
| acquised | accept something reluctantly but without protest |
| transient | lasting only for a short time |
| scrupulous | diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to detail |
| obsequious | obedient or attentive to an excessive degree |
| vehement | in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling |
| amenable | brought to cooperate |
| prolific | marked by abundant inventiveness |
| placid | calm and peaceful |
| endowed | to furnish with money; to provide something freely |
| dearth | a scarcity of something |
| recounted | to narrate or give a detailed account of |
| similtudes | a visible sameness |
| affluence | an abundance of wealth or property |
| perpetual | continuing forever |
| extenuate | to weaken the strength of |
| pretense | false claim |
| impious | lacking in respect |
| unremitting | constant |
| malleable | easily influenced |
| conscientious | wishing to do what is right |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity or exaggeration |
| provoke | to purposefully cause a strong reaction |
| appease | to calm |
| abominable | strongly hate, disgusting, disagreeable |
| inconceivable | unbelievable |
| induce | to cause |
| vast | very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range |
| annihilated | completely destroyed |
| candid | natural |
| amiable | friendly or agreeable |
| abyss | an immeasurably great space |