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vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to turn sharply, quickly, awkwardly, on the verge of losing control | careen |
| a large porch or veranda; an open square in Europe | piazza |
| withered, dying, and/or diseased | blighted |
| one part or section of a larger thing | clove |
| an act or statement that violates something precious, holy, or sacred to one's deepest beliefs and values | heresy |
| to damage, soil, or even destroy | mar |
| impending; just about to happen | imminent |
| fetal membrane that sometimes covers a baby's head at birth | caul |
| determined; tenacious; stubborn | dogged |
| dangerously balanced and liable to fall | precariously |
| characterized by shifting prismatic colors, like those on the edge of a bubble | iridescent |
| a large fleet, as of ships | armada |
| having a thin covering of gold; a golden tint | gilded |
| a deep red | vermilion |
| slowly faded away | evanesced |
| incapable of error or failure | infallibile |
| being incorrect or untrue; being sickly and disabled | invalid |
| to unite or weld together something that is cracked, separated, or broken | solder |