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TKAM vocab 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| auspicious | indicating future success, event promising fortune |
| benign | mild, gentle, not harmful or mean |
| foolhardy | marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger, rash, dumb |
| begrudge | to give reluctantly |
| vapid | dull, lacking intrest |
| profane | treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, scorn |
| condescend | to treat others as inferior, to talk down |
| accost | to approach and address someone aggressively, attack |
| erratic | irregular and unpredictable in behavior |
| truant | absent from school without permission |
| amiable | friendly, pleasant, sweet, kind |
| apothecary | a historical pharmacist and medicine seller |
| taciturn | uncommunative and sparing of speech |
| aloof | reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant, stand-offish |
| placid | calm and tranquil, not agitated |
| ramshackle | in despair or disorder, old, rickity |
| asinine | very foolish, stupid, lacking sense |
| tarry | to linger, to delay, to be late or tardy |
| unsullied | free from stain or blemish, clean |
| chattel | movable item of personal property, enslaved person |