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Vocab Chapter 15-16
Vocabulary words for Chapters 15 through 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Noxious | Harmful to the health |
| Connive | To cooperate secretly in wrongdoing |
| Chutzpah | Audacity |
| Liege | A lord, master, or sovereign |
| Odium | Hatred |
| Crass | Coarse; tasteless |
| Hypercritical | Overcritical |
| Fallacy | A misconception |
| Complacent | Self-satisfied; smug |
| Befuddle | To confuse |
| Pandemonium | Chaos |
| Parsimonious | Excessively thrifty |
| Verbose | Wordy |
| Laudable | Worthy of praise |
| Indiscreet | Not wise or judicious |
| Pique | To cause resentment; to provoke |
| Linguistics | The scientific study of the structure, sounds, and meaning of language |
| Plebeian | (N) a commoner; one from the lower class (Adj) common or vulgar |
| Precocious | Showing early development |
| Predatory | Inclined to prey on others |
| Prowess | Superior skill or ability |
| Pugnacious | eager and ready to fight |
| Purloin | To steal |
| Pusillanimous | Cowardly |
| Quell | To put an end to |
| Quixotic | Caught up in romantic notions |
| Rabble | A disorderly crowd |
| Rabid | Raging |
| Raconteur | A person skilled at telling stories |
| Vindictive | Seeking revenge |