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ELA 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrophy | any progressive decline or failure; to waste away |
| Exacerbate | to make worse; to make more violent, bitter, or severe; worsen |
| Fortuitous | occurring by happy chance; fortunate; lucky |
| Maudlin | effusively or insincerely emotional; overly emotional |
| Phlegmatic | calm and unemotional in temperament; levelheaded; self-controlled |
| Quixotic | idealistic but impractical; optimistic but unrealistic; “starry-eyed” |
| Travesty | a false, absurd, or distorted imitation of something that makes a mockery of it; (v.) to turn a serious subject into a joke or parody through a poor or mocking presentation |
| Vilify | to malign: to defame; to utter abusive statements against; to make a villain |
| Onerous | burdensome; heavy; hard to endure |
| Plaudit | enthusiastic approval: praise; accolades |