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Lesson 8 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allay | to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify Syn: soften, assuage Ant: excite |
| ameliorate | to make better, improve Syn: Fix, relieve Ant: worsen |
| asperity | roughness or harshness; severity Syn: bitterness, irritability Ant:Mildness |
| exegesis | an analysis; interpretation of Syn: explanation |
| extradite | to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction |
| hypocrisy | Duplicity, falseness Ant: sincerity |
| inveigh | to protest, oppose Syn: Rail |
| lionize | to honor or celebrate |
| pander | to act as a go-between; to exploit weakness of others |
| profligate | wasteful; immoral Syn: licentious Ant: moral |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant Syn: resistant Ant: complaint |
| renunciation | rejection; abandonment Syn: relinquishment, repudiation Ant:claim, acceptance |
| unimpeachable | beyond doubt; unquestionable Ant: discredited |
| unwieldy | not easily held Syn: bulky, clumsy Ant: manageable |
| vitiate | to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase Syn: spoil, mar, ruin |