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50 vocab
Question | Answer |
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squalid | Dirty |
proliferating | multiplying |
sanctuary | a refuge |
elude | cleverly avoid |
ultimate | final |
inscrutable | not capable of being understood |
spiel | an extravagant talk |
servitude | punishment for a crime |
spellbind | cause attention |
proletariat | working class |
delusion | a false idea or opinion |
purge | escape |
secular | worldly |
viable | practical |
anathema | a curse |
jeopardy | danger |
reflective | thoughtful |
benign | showing kindness |
pugnacious | belligerent |
dissipate | to waste, as in money |
acquiesce | accept without knowing |
denigrate | criticize unkindly |
munificent | generous in giving |
capitulation | surrender |
palatable | pleasant tasting |
vehement | moving in great force |
fruition | accomplishment |
eradicate | destroy |
despotic | tyrannical |
extricate | to free |
paranoia | feeling of persecution |
malevolence | intention to harm |
tenuous | weak |
ambivalence | fluctuation |
desiccate | dry up |
replete | filled |
recalcitrant | resistant |
cogent | convincing |
affluence | overflowing of wealth |
astute | clever |
fatuous | foolish |
vindictive | revengeful |
meticulous | mindful of details |
catharsis | cleansing of emotions |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
dubious | doubtful |
tepid | lacking definite warmth |
perpetual | continuing forever |
skepticism | uncertainty in belief or knowledge |
vestige | remnant |