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April Quiz Words
cumulative vocabulary quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apt | capable; quick to learn or understand |
| domestic | typical of home life |
| incompatible | incapable of blending with one another |
| overthrow | to overturn or throw over |
| variable | likely to change in any way |
| victorious | winning a contest or struggle |
| consenting | agreeing |
| destitute | utterly lacking; very poor |
| mirth | gladness; amusement; merriment |
| opposition | resistance |
| boosted | raised; lifted up |
| fraction | small part of a whole |
| plodding | moving or walking heavily; trudging |
| skidded | slid sideways |
| trench | ditch |
| armored | protected by a defensive coverinh |
| dispersed | scattered |
| peered | gazed; stared |
| quartz | type of hard, crystallized rock |
| swerved | turned suddenly to the side |
| attendant | secondary; helping; auxiliary |
| deferential | very respectful |
| digress | to wander away from a topic or route |
| dusk | twilight |
| presume | to make an unjustified assumption |
| fasted | abstained from food and water |
| malingers | pretends to be ill |
| meticulous | painstaking; extremely conscientious |
| overwhelming | irresistable; extremely persuasive |
| tedious | wearisome; tiresome; boring |
| ambiguous | having more than one meaning; unclear |
| apathetic | showing little or no interest or concern |
| coherence | held or pieced together in a way that makes sense |
| condescend | to do something you consider beneath your social position |
| contemptuous | full of intense disapproval; scornful |
| cynical | believing that other people are motivated only by self-interest |
| homogeneity | consisting or parts or people that are all the same |
| poignant | causing deep emotions of sadness |
| notoriety | negative fame; the state of being known for something bad |
| vehemently | done with strong feelings or great force |