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Porro Vocab 2
Porro's vocab list 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ascetic | self-denying |
| averse def | reluctant |
| beget | to cause/produce offspring |
| astute | shrewd; keen |
| averse ant | amendable; avid |
| augment | to increase |
| balk def1 | to frustrate |
| balk def2 | stop short of doing something |
| balk def1 ant | abet |
| askance | with a sideways glace distrustfully |
| assiduous | attentive to detail/diligent |
| asperity | harshnes/severity of temperment |
| auspicious def | favorable prosbect |
| auspicious ant | baleful |
| askew | awry/turned to oneside |
| artless | frank, naive |
| ascribe | to attribute to |
| aver | to state positively; avouch |
| benison def | a blessing |
| benison ant | anathema |
| blandise | to persuade by flattery, beguile |
| arrogance | proud self-esteem |
| argot | slang |
| augury | omen, prediction |
| banal def | bland, boring |
| banal ant | bizarre |
| baneful def | destructive |
| baneful ant | benign |
| blatant def1 | noisy |
| blatant def2 | obvious |
| blatant def3 | flashy |
| blatant def2 ant | abject |
| blatant def3 ant | bland |
| awry def1 | askew, turned to one side |
| awry def2 | amiss, not expected outcome |
| blasphemy | irreverence; any delibertately contemptuous of God or religion; use of anathemas |
| austere | severe; ascetic, very abstemious |
| atrophy | to/act of waste away |
| aroma | smell, sent |
| attrition | grinding/wearing down |
| avarice | greed |
| astral | pertaint to the stars |
| bigoted | intolerant; prejudiced |
| bland def | banal |
| bland ant | bizarre |
| beguile | to cheat/charm; blandise |
| bibliophobe def | hater of books/reading |
| bibliophobe ant | bibliophile |
| bibliophile def | lover of reading/books |
| bibliophile ant | bibliophobe |
| banter | jesting; teasing |
| bauble | cheap toy |
| balmy def1 | mild, said of weather |
| bellicose def | warlike; hostile; quarrelsome |
| bellicose ant | affable |
| bizarre def | strange, fantastic |
| bizarre ant | banal, bland |
| baleful def | deadly; evil |
| baleful ant | auspicious, benign |
| authentic def | real; genuine |
| authentic ant | aprocryphal |
| avid def | eager, enthusiastic |
| avid ant | apathtic; averse |
| assuage def | to lessen in severity |
| assuage ant | aggravate |
| august def | grand, respected |
| august ant | abject |
| benign def1 | kindly, favorable |
| benign ant1 | baleful, baneful |
| benign def2 | in medicine |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| avert | prevent, aside |
| avouch def1 | aver, declare strongly |
| avouch def2 | guarantee; to couch for |
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12jlberry
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