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eng wessk 12th L5-6
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain |
| brandish | exhibit aggressively |
| contingent | determined by conditions or circumstances that follow |
| contrite | feeling or expressing pain or sorrow |
| disabuse | free somebody from an erroneous belief |
| dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| epithet | a defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
| exhort | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts |
| inculcate | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| mollify | cause to be more favorably inclined |
| ornery | having a difficult and contrary disposition |
| posterity | all future generations |
| prosaic | not challenging; dull and lacking excitement |
| redolent | noticeably odorous |
| repose | freedom from activity |
| sedulous | marked by care and persistent effort |
| spurious | plausible but false |
| tacit | implied by or inferred from actions or statements |
| vacillate | be undecided about something |
| wanton | unprovoked or without motive or justification |
| austerity | self-denial, especially refraining from worldly pleasures |
| canvass | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign |
| commensurate | corresponding in size or degree or extent |
| countenance | the human face |
| demur | politely refuse or take exception to |
| deprecate | cause to seem or feel unimportant; belittle |
| dissolute | unrestrained by convention or morality |
| equivocal | open to two or more interpretations |
| exigent | demanding immediate attention |
| garrulous | full of trivial conversation |
| inextricable | incapable of being disentangled or untied |
| nascent | being born or beginning |
| precocious | characterized by exceptionally early development |
| presentiment | a feeling of evil to come |
| prostrate | stretched out and lying at full length along the ground |
| sidle | move unobtrusively or furtively |
| solicitous | full of anxiety and concern |
| temerity | fearless daring |
| upbraid | express criticism towards |
| vapid | lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest |