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LawrenceVocab
10th grade English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aural | (adj) pertaining to or perceived through te ear |
| Extolled | n) careful management of resources, often agricultural |
| Knack | (n) clever way of doing something, skill |
| Fitful | adj) intermittent, on and off, not continuous |
| Paucity | (n) shortage, scarcity |
| Quixotic | (adj) foolishly idealistic, impractical |
| Raze | (v) tear down, demolish |
| Vacillated | v) to be indecisive, hesitant, to waiver |
| Unwitting | (adj) not deliberate, not intended |
| Phantasmagoric | (adj) distinguished by a rapid series of images as in a dream |
| Ignominy | n) shame or disgrace |
| Lurid | (adj) shocking, sensational, gaudy |
| Sagacity | (n) the quality of being keenly perceptive or shrewd |
| Plaintive | (adj) expressing sorrow or melancholy |
| Tumult | (n) noisy commotion or uproar |
| Smitten | (v) to be struck as with emotion |
| Gesticulation | (v) To make gestures |
| Relinquished | (v) given up |
| Expiate | (v) to make amends for, or to make up for |
| Cordial | (n) a liquor that strengthens or invigorates |
| Avail | v) To be of use or help |
| Somnambulism | (n) the trait of sleep walking |
| Erudite | (adj) learned or scholarly |
| Despotic | (adj) acting as a tyrant or absolute ruler |
| Asperity | (n) sharpness of temper |
| Zeal | (n) enthusiasm |
| Vicissitude | (n) Quality of being unpredictably changeable |
| Effervescence | (n) the quality of being lively |
| Repudiate | (v) to reject, deny, abandon |
| Husbandry | (n) careful management of resources, often agricultural |