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English vocab 9/25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alleviate | To make a suffering or problem less severe |
| Annihilate | To destory utterly |
| Archaic | very old or old -fashioned |
| Blatant | done openly and unashamedly |
| concur | same opinon; agree |
| Cordial | warm and friendly |
| Defunct | no londer functioning |
| Diplomatic | showinf skill in dealing with people without offending them |
| Emulate | Matching a person or achievement, typically by imitation |
| Exemplifty | to be a typical example of something |
| Fortitude | courage in pain |
| Implication | A conclusion that can be drawn without being stated |
| Insidious | Proceeding with harmful effects |
| Nonchalant | causally calm and relaxed |
| Oblivion | state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening |
| Proficient | skilled in doing something |
| Rectify | to put right or correct |
| Retort | to reply sharply |
| Speculative | based on conjecture rather than knowledge |
| Sporadic | Occuring at irregular intervals or scattered |