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6th.ZSimms
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ad-Infinitum | endless |
| Bona fide | genuine/ Sincere |
| Concede | to admit as true to yeilld, submit |
| Lofty | very high or noble |
| Perceive | to be aware through your senses observer be aware mentally |
| Prelude | an introduction that which |
| Rustic | country like simple, plains someone who lives in the country |
| Sordid | wretchedly poor |
| Vindicate | to clear from charge or wrong doing, prove |
| wane | to lose size, strength or power |
| Autocratic | absolute power authority |
| Blasphemy | an act, ultereune or writing showing contempt hatred for something sacred |
| Concerted | planned or performed in cooperation with others |
| Intolerable | unbearable something u will not tolerate |
| Irreverent | aisrespectful |
| Laborious | aot easy, requiring hard work |
| Maltreat | abuse roughly or crudely |
| Ponder | to reflect on |
| Subverse | Intended to undermine or over throw; a person who advocates for the overthrow of a political system |
| Synthetic | Something artifical; put together by people |
| Comport | to carry with; to behave |
| Demure | sober or serious in manner modest |
| Depreciation | tO lessen in value; to belittle |
| Divulge | to tell, make public |
| Garble | t distort to make point somethings is unintelligible |
| recoil | to spring back, shrink |
| Relentless | Unyielding harsh, without pitty |
| Rivulet | a small stream |
| squander | to spend foolishly; waste |
| staccato | detached or detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| Brevity | shortness |
| Concise | expressing much in a few words |
| Deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
| enlightened | to free from ignorance; possessing a sound understanding. |
| forestall | to prevent acting first |
| proponent | one who supports a clause or belief; one who puts forward a proposal |
| Quaver | to shake, tremble |
| recoup | To make up for regain |
| reek | an unpleasant smell; to give a strong impression |
| statue | A law |
| Adept | throuhly skilled; an expert |
| aspire | to ascend to have ambitious hopes, dreams and goals |
| Bleak | bare dreary dismal |
| Chide | to scold;to correct you |
| Despiciable | Worthy of hate, contemptible |
| Diminutive | Small smaller than others of the same kind |
| Emancipate | Incorrect; full of mistakes |
| Exploit | to develop, to use incorrectly for personal gain. |
| Extemporaneous | made in spur of the moment; without much consideration |
| Auxiliary | giving support or help; an aide or helper |
| Candid | sincere truthful frank upfront, straight forward |
| Enuvy | A representative or messenger usually for a govt |
| Feign | To pretend |
| Flair | natural talent skill ability distinctive style |
| heterogeneous | made up of different kind; diverse |
| Inscribe | To write within something engraving |
| Monologue | a speech by one actor; a long speech |
| Rasping | a harsh grating sound |
| Scuttle | to cut holes in a ship. to remove in a decisive way to run hastily a pail |
| speciman | an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display. |
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