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Vocab Q4
vocab Words for Ms W quarter 4
Question | Answer |
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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 |