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Academic Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contrive | to plan cleverly; think up |
| gaunt | thin and bony |
| immaculate | perfectly clean |
| plagiarism | using someone else's writings or ideas as one's own |
| retaliate | to return an injury for an injury; pay back |
| claim, clam | call; cry out |
| flex, flect | bend |
| forc, fort | strong |
| pater, patri- | father |
| -ward | in the direction of; toward |
| devastate | to upset deeply; overwhelm |
| digress | to turn aside, or stray, especially from the main topic in speaking or writing |
| intermittent | starting and stopping from time to time; off-and-on |
| rigor | great hardship or difficulty; harshness; severity |
| succumb | to give in; stop resisting |
| alleviate | to relieve; make easier to endure |
| benefactor | a person or organization that gives help, especially financial aid |
| demise | death |
| revulsion | great disgust or distaste |
| speculate | to come up with ideas or theories about a subject; theorize |
| abstain | to hold oneself back from something; refrain |
| aspire | to strongly desire; to be ambitious (to do something or to get something) |
| dissent | disagreement |
| lucrative | profitable; well-paying |
| mandatory | required |
| charisma | the quality of a leader which captures great popular devotion; personal magnetism; charm |
| contemporary | modern; up-to-date |
| contend | to state to be so; claim; affirm |
| prevalent | widespread; common |
| proponent | someone who supports a cause |
| congenial | agreeable or pleasant in character; friendly; sociable |
| impasse | a situation with no way out; dead end |
| prone | having a tendency; inclined (to do something) |
| rationale | the underlying reasons for something; logical basis |
| reprisal | the paying back of one injury or bad deed with another |
| cor, cour | heart |
| -dom | state of being; condition |
| -fy | cause to be or become; make |
| -ish | resembling; like; characteristic of |
| magn, magni | great; large |
| benign | kindly;gentle |
| comprise | to consist of; include |
| facade | the front of a building |
| pseudonym | a false name used by an author; a pen name |
| redundant | wordy or needlessly repetitive |
| averse | having a feeling of dislike or distaste for something |
| dilvulge | to reveal; make known |
| endow | to provide with a talent or quality |
| mortify | to humilliate or embarrass |
| nullify | to make legally ineffective; cancel |
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