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Vocab Q4
vocab Words for Ms W quarter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Resolve | N.- Determination Strong will |
| Salubrious | adj.-Promoting health |
| Seditious | adj.- Trying to stir up a revolt against an authority |
| Subjugate | verb- To take over enslave |
| Slough | verb- To discard; to cast off |
| Subtle | adj.- hard to see or understand; elusive |
| Stealth | noun- secretive behavior |
| Succor | Noun- help; assistance; relief |
| Truculent | adj.- aggressive; savage cruel |
| Viscous | adj.- resistance to flow |
| Volatile | Adj.- capable of evaporating exploding or changing moods very quickly |
| Wane | Verb- To grow smaller |
| Wax | Verb- To grow Larger |
| Adroit | adj.- skillful in the use of hands |
| Assiduous | Adj.- Persistent; hardworking; diligent |
| Clemency | Noun- Mercy |
| Concur | Verb- To agree |
| Cupidity | Noun- Greed especially for money |
| Arcane | Adj.- Secret ;Mysterious |
| Audacious | adj.- Brazen; Brash; Nervy; Very bold |
| Coerce | verb- to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him or her |
| Complacent | adj.- self satisfied; unconcerned |
| Contingent | adj.- dependent on other circumstances; conditional |
| Dissonance | noun- clashing sounds; lack of agreement |
| Duplicity | noun- sneakiness; contradiction |
| Emaciated | adj.- Extremely thin; wasted away |
| Equanimity | noun- calmness; composure |
| Exonerate | verb- to free from blame;exculpate |
| Germane | adj.- relevant; fitting |
| Homogeneous | adj.- same throughout; consistent; uniform |
| Incessant | adj.- continuous; endless |
| Inscrutable | adj. mysterious; arcane |
| Irascible | adj.- easily angered |
| Lament | verb or noun- to express sorrow; complain |
| Opportunist | noun- some one who takes advantage of the situation |
| Preclude | verb- to prevent from happening; to make impossible |
| Profuse | adj.- in large quantity abundant: copious |
| Slander | noun- Negative remarks about another person |
| Skeptic | Noun- One who doesn't believe until shown proof |
| Solemn | adj.- Serious; somber; grove |
| Tantamount | adj.- equal comparable |
| Torpid | adj.- Sluggish; dull; lacking |
| Temerity | Noun- Foolhardy; disregard of danger |
| Vagary | Noun- an unpredictable occurrence or action |
| Vehement | adj.- Zealous; violent; marked by strong emotion |
| Venerate | verb- to regard or treat with respect |
| Viable | adj.- capable of living; vivid; real |
| Vociferous | adj. Crying out noisily; clamorous; loud; boisterous |
| Waive | verb- To voluntarily abandon a legal right of privilege; to relinquish; to postpone |