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Vocab Nine
Higgins English 10 Vocab 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| affable | friendly |
| bellicose | aggressive, hostile, warlike, ready to fight |
| cynosure | something that attracts admiration, wanting to be the center of attention |
| droll | humorous, clownish, |
| dubious | doubtful |
| lambast | to criticize harshly |
| obsequious | obedient, servile |
| acrostic | poem |
| doggerel | inferior poetry |
| doublet | short jacket |
| whelp | young animal |
| avowal | promise |
| augment | to increase, add to |
| bequeath | to pass on, give to |
| heresy | opinion contrary to accepted beliefs |