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Vocab List 12
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calm, pleasant | halcyon |
| hard to please; fussy | fastidious |
| playful, teasing talk | badinage |
| a word humorously misused | malapropism |
| to gather; to acquire | garner |
| destiny; fate; fortune (one’s lot in life) | kismet |
| flight, escape | hegira |
| a model; an example | paradigm |
| corruption; self-indulgence | debauchery |
| environment, setting | milieu |
| to move in a backward direction | regress |
| bad tempered; cross | bilious |
| magic, especially that practiced by a witch | necromancy |
| courage and initiative; common sense | gumption |
| flattery | blandishment |