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Sadlier G: Unit 11
Vocabulary Pracitce
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abrogant | to repeal, cancel |
| ambient | completely surrounding |
| asperity | roughness, bitterness or tartness |
| burnish | to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish |
| cabal | small group working in secret |
| delectable | delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored |
| deprecate | to express mild disapproval; to belittle |
| detritus | fragments that result from any destruction |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm and excitment |
| eclectic | drawn from different sources |
| flaccid | lacking vigor or effectiveness |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| inexorable | inflexible, beyond influence, unyielding |
| moribuund | dying |
| necromancer | one who claims to reveal the future through magic |
| onerous | burdensome |
| rife | happening often; full, plentiful |
| rudiments | the parts that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything |
| sequester | to set apart, separate for a special purpose |
| winnow | to get rid of something unwanted, delete |