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S2 Week 5 Vocab

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capacious roomy, spacious The flower-filled hall was so ___ that I felt as if I were in a meadow.
confiture jam (food), confection Martha spends hours in the kitchen every fall, canning vegetables and preparing ___.
demur object, take exception Sarah wanted to have lunch at Rick’s, but Bill ___red, remembering how bad the food had been there.
diaphanous translucent, transparent I could make out her beautiful features beneath the ___ veil.
efface to wipe out, obliterate, erase Over the centuries, the weather gradually ___ the inscription on the tomb.
equanimity composure, calmness, sangfroid Even the children’s fighting could not disturb Harold’ ___. He merely inquired what the matter was.
inimical hostile The man’s ___ stare told us he certainly wasn’t going to do us any favors.
mendacious dishonest The ___ boy told everyone a different story about how the house had caught fire.
penurious poor, stingy The man is so ___ that he has to sleep outside in a box.
prosaic Normal, common Luciano Pavaratti left his ___ job as an insurance salesman to become a famous opera singer.
querulous complaining, peevish The head of the complaint department soon tired of dealing with ___ customers.
restive restless, unruly The horse became ___ whenever anyone tried to put a bridle on it.
seditious rebellious, mutinous The dictator decreed that any newspaper article critical of him would be considered ___.
sycophancy sucking up to The king was surrounded by ___ of those who catered to him hoping that he would reward them.
virulent poisonous, venomous This ___ form of the flu caused thousands of deaths last winter.
Created by: Salem A.
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