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Vocab 5
Question | Answer |
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Conspiracy | Secret planning (usually unlawful or harmful); a plot or secret plan |
Lethal | Deadly; causing or capable of causing death |
Advocate | One who argues for a cause; a defender; to support; recommend |
Preposterous | Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; foolish; ridiculous |
Manipulate | To operate or control with the hands; to handle; to control or influence dishonesty or unfairly; to trick |
Omnious | Threatening; foreboding; sinister |
Misconstrue | To misinterpret; misunderstand |
Culmination | The peak; the highest point; the climax; the end result |
Alleged | To claim or state without proof; unproven; questionable; so-caled |
Uncanny | Mysterious; strange; weird |
Plaintiff | A person who brings a lawsuit to court; the complaining party |
Credentials | Written evidence showing that a person has a right to a certain position or authority |
Larceny | Theft; unlawful talking and carrying away of another's property |
Quorum | The minimum number of members needed at a meeting to make offical decisions |
Cumbersome | Clumsy; unweildy; hard to move |
Prospective | Probable; expected in the future |
Morbid | Having an abnormal interest in the unwholesome; gruesome |
Superfluous | More than is needed; excessive; surplus |
Genial | Favorable to growth or human comfort; kindly and friendly |
Hoax | An act that is intended to fool or deceive; something that has been established by fraudulent means |