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Abstruse-Umbrage
Quarter 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstruse | hard to undertand |
| Abut | to border upon; to adjoin |
| Bizarre | extremely unconventional or far-fetched |
| Blather | to talk nonsensically |
| Cacophony | harsh sounds |
| Cajole | to wheedle, coax, or persuade someone to do something they didn't want to |
| Decree | an order having the force of law |
| Deduce | to come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence |
| Embody | to give bodily form to; to personify; to make part of a system |
| Emit | to send or give out; to express, utter |
| Fester | to generate pus; to become a source of resentment or irritation |
| Fetish | an object of unreasonable, obsessive reverence or attention |
| Gossamer | delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric; something delicate, light flimsy |
| Grandiloquent | attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures |
| Umbrage | sense of injury or insult; to take offense, displeasure |