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Vocab Chapters 1-5

10-17-24 *Test on Tuesday

QuestionAnswer
detriment causes harm
dexterous skillful
discretion good sense
facetious funny
gregarious outgoing
optimum favorable
ostentatious showy
scrupulous ethical
sensory of the senses
vicarious thorough
collaborate to team up
despondent depressed
instigate to cause
resilient quick to recover
retrospect looking back
rudimentary basic
scoff to ridicule
squelch to suppress
venerate to honor
zealot an extremist
ambiguous unclear
dissident a rebel
embellish to decorate
fritter to waste
inadvertent not intended
inane silly
juxtapose to put side by side
lethargy inactivity
sporadic irregular
subsidize to pay for
berate to scold angrily
estrange to drive away, alienate
euphoric very happy
impetuous impulsive
infallible perfect
maudlin overly emotional
regress to go backward
relinquish to yield
ubiquitous found everywhere
zenith the highest point
charlatan a con artist
corroborate to confirm
disseminate to spread
diverge to go in different directions
dormant not active
hoist to raise
illicit unlawful
irrevocable not reversible
precipitate to bring on
proliferation a rapid increase
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