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vocab 15
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abyss | a deep or bottomless pit |
| befall | happen, occur |
| crucial | of supreme importance, decisive, critical |
| dregs | the last remaining part, least worth |
| embody | to give form to; to include, personify |
| exasperate | to irritate, annoy, or anger |
| fiasco | the complete collapse or failure |
| garnish | to adorn or decorate, especially food |
| heritage | an inheritance or birthright |
| inert | lifeless unable to move, inactive |
| mercenary | acting or working for self gain only |
| negligent | marked by carelessness or indifference- not doing something that needs to be done |
| oblivion | forgetfulness, disregard |
| opus | an impressive piece of work, especially a musical composition or other art |
| pallid | pale, lacking color, weak, lifeless |
| parable | short narrative designed to teach morals |
| rational | based on reasoning, sensible |
| reciprocal | shared involving give and take between two persons |
| stricture | a limitato or restriction; criticism, medicine-narrowing of a passage in a body |
| veneer | a thin outer layer |