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Vocab
unit 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amplify | to make stronger, larger, greater, louder |
| armistice | a temporary peace, halt in fighting |
| arrogant | haughty, too convinced of one's own importance |
| bland | gentle soothing mild : lacking interest |
| disclaim | to dent interest in or connection with |
| epoch | a distinct period of time, age |
| estrange | to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation, to remove or keep at a distance |
| gratify | to please, satisfy, indulge or humor |
| infinite | exceedingly great, endless |
| irascible | easily made angry hot tempered |
| kindred | a person's relatives; family relationship |
| naive | innocent unsophisticated; lack of worldly knowledge |
| niche | a decorative recess in a wall |
| obliterate | to blot out completely, destroy utterly |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky |
| ransack | to search or examine thoroughly, to rob |
| rote | unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something |
| solvent | able to meet one's financial obligations; power to dissolve other substances |
| tedious | long and tiresome |
| vendor | a person who sells something |