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unit 12 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attribute | a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something |
| Audacious | showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks |
| Conventional | based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed |
| Convey | make an idea known or understandable to someone |
| Disdain | the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of ones consideration or respect; contempt |
| Disgruntled | angry or dissatisfied |
| Exceptional | unusual; not typical |
| Excerpt | a short part from a text |
| Foreboding | fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen |
| Inventive | having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally |
| Prodigy | a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities |
| Proficient | competent or skilled in doing or using something |
| Rubble | waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc.. |
| Sublime | of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe |
| Subside | become less intense, violent, or severe |