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Vocab Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Comfort or relief during a time of sadness, distress, or worry. | Solace |
| : Impossible to harm, injure, or damage; secure from attack. | Invulnerable |
| Quick, skillful, and clever in action or thought. | Deft |
| To wave or flourish (something, often a weapon) in a menacing, defiant, or excited way. | Brandish |
| Giving the worrying impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen. | Ominous |
| To put an end to something, especially a feeling, activity, or information, by force or deliberately. | Suppress |
| Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. S | Explicit |
| Having a sharply strong taste or smell; or, (of comments) sharp and caustic. | Pungent |
| To go back to an earlier, worse, or more primitive state; revert. | Retrogress |
| A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. | Nosaligia |
| Not allowing fluid to pass through; or, unable to be affected or influenced by. | Impervious |
| Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise. | Meticulous |
| Capable of being done or carried out; possible and practical. | Feasible |
| Preventing success or development; unfavorable; negative or harmful. | Adverse |
| Characterized by friendliness and goodwill; peaceable. | Amicable |
| Deceitfulness; double-dealing; acting in bad faith. | Duplicity |
| To examine or inspect something closely and thoroughly. | Scrunitinize |
| Hasty and therefore not paying attention to detail; superficial. | Cursory |
| Well-meaning and kindly; generous in providing aid to others. | Benevolent |
| To make something greater by adding to it; increase. | Augment |
| Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects; treacherous | Insidious |
| Courage in the face of pain or adversity. | Fortitude |
| In exactly the same words as were used originally; word for word. | Vertabim |
| To make something poorer in quality or impure by adding another substance. | Adulterate |