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Vocab 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To grow or accumulate over time | Accrue |
| A critical or explanatory not or comment, especially for a literary work | Annotation |
| A state or scene of uproar and confusion | Bedlam |
| Hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret (n) a sheltered place, a hiding place | Covert |
| Pleasant, courteous, lighthearted | Debonair |
| (v) to demand insisently (n) a creditor (adj) dark, dull, drab, dingy | Dun |
| Effective, producing results | Effacious |
| Calmness, composure, refusal to panic | Equanimity |
| Accidental, occuring by a happy chance | Fortuitous |
| The essential part, main point, or essence | Gist |
| Freely given, not called for by circumstances, unwarranted | Gratuitous |
| Overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling | Imperious |
| (n) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; (adj) abusive, vituperative | Invective |
| Showing great variety, composed of different elements or many colors; (n) a jester's costume; a jester | Motley |
| Extremely generous, lavish | Munificent |
| To delay, put off until later | Procrastinate |
| Tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying | Provocative |
| Exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding | Recondite |
| (n) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel (adj) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled (v) to disapprove of, condemn | Reprobate |
| Characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | Sedentary |