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J & H ela vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| odious | deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestabl |
| malefactor | a person who does harm or evil, especially toward another |
| apprehension | anticipation of misfotune |
| sinister | threatening evil; ominous |
| astute | clever, cunning, ingenious; shrewd |
| infalliably | with absolute trust and certainty |
| abject | utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating or wretched |
| multifarious | having many different parts, elements or forms |
| geniality | warmth and pleasant cheerfulness; cordiality |
| incongruous | not harmonious in character; not fitting |
| stringent | strict, rigid |
| pendantically | overly concerned with minute details |
| apocryphan | of doubtful authenticity |
| disconsolate | cannot be consoled; miserable |
| juggernaut | an overpowering force |
| heresy | when a belief differs from the accepted belief |
| insensate | without human sensitivity |
| benefactor | a person who does kind and generous acts |
| incredulous | not willing or able to believe |
| troglodytic | primitive;brutal |