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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely |
| Castigate | to subject to severe punishment , reproof, or criticism |
| complaint | ready or disposed to conform to, submit, or adapt |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| discountenance | to look with disfavor on; discourage by evidence of disapproval |
| eradicate | to do away with completely |
| myriad | having innumerable aspects or elements |
| obscure | not readily understood or clearly expressed |
| pugnacious | having a quarrelsome or combative nature |
| recede | to move back or away; to grow less or smaller |
| serene | marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| stereotype | something conforming to a fixed or general pattern |
| wreak | to bring about; cause |