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5th.CXutuc
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assurance | a pledge,freedom from doubt, or self-confidence |
| Asylum | a place of safety |
| Console | to comfort |
| Dilate | to make or become larger or wider |
| Dross | refuse, waste products |
| Dwindle | to lessen, diminish |
| Flippant | lacking in seriousness , disrespectful |
| Immunity | resistance to disease |
| Institute | to establish, set up |
| Liability | something disadvantageous |
| Preposterous | ridiculous |
| Pugnacious | quarrelsome.fond of fighting |
| Rabid | furious,violently intense,extreme |
| Realm | a region or field of study |
| Rejuvenate | renew,rejuvenating |
| Remunerate | to reward, pay, reimburse |
| sparse | meager,scant,scattered |
| sterling | made of silver standard fitness |
| Venture | a risky or daring undertaking |
| Warp | to twist out of shape |
| auxiliary | giving assistance or support |
| candid | frank,sincere,impartial |
| cubicle | a small room or compartment |
| drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |
| envoy | a representative or messenger |
| escalate | to increase in intensity |
| expedient | a means to and end |
| feign | to pretend |
| flair | a natural quality, talent, or skill |
| grievous | causing sorrow or pain |
| heterogeneous | composed of different kinds, diverse |
| horde | a vast number |
| impel | to force, drive forward |
| incredulous | disbelieving, skeptical |
| inscribe | to enter a name on a list |
| monologue | a long talk by one person |
| Prognosis | a forecast of the probable |
| rasping | with a harsh, grating sound |
| repugnant | offensive, disagreeable,distasteful |
| scuttle | to sink a ship by cutting holes in it |
| Adept | thoroughly skilled |
| aspire | to have ambitious hope or plans, strive toward a higher goal |
| bleak | bare,dreary,dismal |
| chide | to blame scold |
| despicable | worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| emancipate | to release or liberate |
| erroneous | incorrect, containing mistakes |
| exploit | to make improper use of for personal profit |
| extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| impair | to make imperfect, damage, harm |
| invincible | not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
| languid | without energy, sluggish |
| mire | mud,wet swampy ground |
| obtrusive | forward, undesirably prominent |
| preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| render | to perform, deliver officially, process , extract |
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