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Vocab Sets 8-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | to reduce, lessen |
| abdicate | to give up a position, usually one of leadership |
| aberration | something that differs from the normal |
| abet | to aid, help, encourage |
| abide | to put up with |
| abject | wretched, pitiful |
| abjure | to reject, renounce |
| cacophony | tremendous noise |
| cadence | a rhythm, progression of sound |
| cajole | to urge, coax |
| calibrate | to set, strandardize |
| candor | honesty, frankness |
| carouse | to party, to celebrate |
| daunting | intimidating, causing one to lose courage |
| debacle | a disastrous failure |
| decry | to criticize openly |
| deface | to ruin or injure someone's appearance |
| deft | skillful, capable |
| delegate | to hand over responsibility for something |
| deleterious | harmful |
| ebullient | extremely lively, enthusiastic |
| efface | to wipe out, obliterate, rub away |
| elucidate | to clarify |
| emaciated | very thin, feeble looking |
| facile | easy, requiring little effort |
| fathom | to understand, comprehend |
| forage | to graze, rummage for food |
| frivolous | of little importance |
| frenetic | hectic, frantic |
| furtive | secretive, sly |
| noxious | harmful, poisonous, lethal |
| knotty | complex, difficult to solve |
| billowing | swelling, fluttering, waving |
| narangue | noisy speech |
| replete | full of something, complete with |
| harbinger | indicator, bringer of warning |
| labyrinthine | complicated, highly convoluted |
| blighted | damaged, destroyed, ruined |
| haughtiness | arrogance, pride in oneself |
| abstemious | self denying, refraining form indulging |
| lackluster | dull, monotonous |
| hedonism | self indulgence, opposite of abstemious |
| laconic | using few words, brief |
| accolade | tribute, honor, praise |
| bombast | arrogant, pompous language |
| heed | to listen to, acknowledge |
| lampoon | to ridicule, spoof |
| tenuous | flimsy, unstable, not solid |
| respite | a brief intermission, break |
| debility | weakness, incapacity |
| hiatus | interruption, pause |
| resplendent | shining, glowing |
| acuity | sharpness, both mental and visual |
| braggart | one who boast or makes excessive claims |
| equivocate | speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth |
| timorous | cowardly, fearful |
| err | to make a mistake |
| tirade | stream of verbal abuse |
| adulation | strong admiration, worship |
| bristle | irritated, showing signs of irritations |
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