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vocabulary list 6 english 2 honors
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abase | to reduce, lower, or degrade (v) |
| affinity | a liking for something (n); relating to people with similar interests (adj) |
| beneficent | doing or causing good (adj) |
| bereft | deprived (adj) |
| calamity | great misfortune or disaster (n) |
| candor | quality of being frank, free from bias, impartial (n) |
| derive | to come from (something); to trace from a source (v) |
| desecrate | to profance, violate (usually something sacred) (v) |
| earnest | serious in purpose or effort (adj); seriousness (n) |
| enumerate | to number, list or count (v) |
| fathom | to imagine or understand (v) |
| grotesque | odd or malformed in shape or appearance (adj) |
| harrowing | extremely disturbing or distressing (adj) |
| imminent | likely to occur at any moment (adj) |
| impudence | quality of being rude, stubborn, crass, immodest (n) |