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Vocab Groups 24/25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affliction | A state of pain, distress or grief |
| Apathy | Lack of emotion, regarding matters others feel are important |
| Jurisdiction | The right or power to administer justice and to apply laws; |
| Lackadaisical | lacking spirit or liveliness; showing lack of interest |
| Opulent | wealthy, rich, (designed to impress or attract notice) |
| Preposterous | absurd; senseless; utterly foolish |
| Rankle | continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind. |
| Staid | of a settled, sedate and steady character |
| Thwart | to block or prevent from happening; defeat the hopes of |
| Venerate | to regard with reverence; to look up to with great respect |
| Avowed | declared openly without shame; |
| Blasé | indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures. |
| Denigrate | to attack the character or reputation of; defame; to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner |
| Exasperate | to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely |
| Frivolous | characterized by lack of seriousness or sense; of little or no weight, worth, or importance; not worthy of serious notice |
| Indiscriminate | done at random or without careful judgment; lacking in care, judgment, |
| Qualm | a sudden feeling of doubt, especially about moral conduct |
| Sparse | thinly scattered or distributed |
| Taciturn | not inclined to talk |
| Willful | deliberate, voluntary, or intentional; unreasonably stubborn |