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vocab workshop final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ironic | sarcastic |
| musty | stale |
| ominous | not favorable |
| pinnacle | a high peak |
| premeditated | considered before |
| rampant | running wild |
| solace | comfort/ relief |
| stately | dignified/ majestic |
| supple | bending easily |
| accede | to yeild to |
| brandish | to wave |
| deft | skillful |
| destitute | deprived of |
| explicit | definite/clearly |
| inopportune | not appropriate |
| venal | open to or marked by bribery |
| abhor | to hate deeply |
| amend | to change in a formal way |
| buffet | to slap or cuff; to strike |
| chaos | disorder |
| commodious | roomy |
| corrosive | eating away gradualy |
| discern | to see clearly |
| extant | still existing |
| implicate | to involve |
| inter | to bury |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent |
| renegade | on who leaves a group |
| reprehensible | deserving blame |
| squalid | filthy wretched |
| vociferous | loud/noisy |
| voluminous | of great size |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| apathy | a lack of feelings |
| commend | to praise |
| compatible | able to get along |
| condolence | sympathy |
| consecrate | to make scred |
| decrepit | old and feeble |
| deride | to ridicule |
| ingenuous | innocent |
| multifarious | having great variety |
| obsolete | out of date |
| omnivorous | eating every kind of food |
| parsimonious | stingy/poor/small |
| quandary | state of perplexity/doubt |
| revel | to take pleasure in |
| suave | smoothly agreeable/polite |
| altruistic | unselfish |
| benefactor | one who does good for others |
| chivalrous | courtesy/knightly |
| dearth | a lack of |
| discrepancy | a difference |
| embark | to go aboard |
| indomitable | unconquerable |
| plod | to walk heavily |
| pungent | stinging smell |
| remiss | neglectful in performance/careless |
| repose | to rest |
| temerity | boldness |
| truculent | fierce and cruel |
| unfeigned | sincere real |
| virulent | extremely poisonous |