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Vocab Lesson 13-14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aptitude | a natural talent, ability, or potential to acquire specific skills or knowledge |
| complacent | feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try any harder |
| pronouncement | an official announcement |
| intricate | having a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way |
| foist | to force someone to have or experience something unwanted or undesirable |
| arbiter | someone who makes a judgment, solves an argument, or decides what will be done |
| indulgent | allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them |
| raucous | loud and unpleasant |
| dupe | to deceive someone, usually by making that person do something that they did not intend to do |
| divergent | different or becoming different from something else |
| turmoil | a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder |
| impartiality | the fact of not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument |
| authoritative | showing that you are confident, in control, and expect to be respected and obeyed |
| conclusive | proving that something is true, or ending any doubt |
| confine | to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way |
| relevant | connected with what is happening or being discussed |
| accommodate | to provide with a place to live or to be stored in; to give what is needed to someone |
| embroil | to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation |
| annex | to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission |
| disgruntled | unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something |