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Fences Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Destitute | Adj. lacking something needed or desirable (lacking possessions/resources) |
| Dubious | Adj. something causing doubt, uncertainty, or suspicion |
| Emulate | V. to imitate, copy, or model your behavior after someone else |
| Guile | N. deceitful cunning |
| Irrespective | Adj. lacking in respect |
| Profound | Adj. having intellectual depth and insight |
| Tenacious | Adj. aggressively persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired |
| Turbulent | Adj. turbulence/ causing unrest, violence, disturbance |
| Vengeful | Adj. revengeful |
| Vigilance | N. quality of being vigilant (attentive) |
| Ramshackle | Adj. appearing ready to collapse/ poorly constructed |
| Congruence | N. quality or state of agreeing (being congruent) |
| Flourish | V. to grow luxuriantly (thrive/prosper) |
| Provocative | Adj. serving/tending to provoke, excite... |
| Vigorous | Adj. done with vigor (forcefully/energetically) |
| Refute | V. to prove wrong by argument/evidence |
| Illuminating | Adj. providing insight, clarity, understanding |
| Engulf | V. to flow over and enclose (overwhelm) |
| Atavistic | Adj. of relating to, tending to marked by atavism (reappearance of ancestral trait/behavior after its lost for many generations) |
| Eloquence | N. discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |