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ASAS Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| somebody or something personifying, representing, or typifying a quality or idea. | Incarnation |
| an apparent change in the position of an object when the person looking at the object changes position. | Parallax |
| acting as though more important or special than is warranted, or appearing to have an unrealistically high self-image. | Pretentious |
| to reveal information, especially information that was previously secret. | Divulge |
| a humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning. | Pun |
| the act or practice of killing somebody who has an incurable illness or injury, or of assisting that person to die. | Euthanasia |
| extremely thin and bony in appearance. | Gaunt |
| able to think quickly, solve problems, and have new ideas | Agility |
| flexible and easily bent or molded, easily persuaded or influenced, adaptable to change. | Pliable |
| threatening to be a possible source of danger or harm. | Menacing |
| a short personal account of an incident or event | Anecdotes |
| one of the parts or details making up a complex and often puzzling whole. | Intricacies |
| legal responsibility for something, especially costs or damages, somebody who prevents a successful outcome or causes social embarrassment. | Liability |
| a relationship in which two or more things are mutual or complementary, or one thing is caused by another. | Correlation |
| sudden feeling of uncertainty or apprehension, especially a misgiving about an action or conduct | Qualm |
| something which is likely to change, go away, disappear, or fade. | Impermanence |
| deliberately mysterious and seeming to have a hidden meaning. | Cryptic |
| thoughtlessness, recklessness, or thoughtless or reckless behavior. | Folly |
| difficult to understand because of not being fully or clearly expressed; unknown to most people, | Obscure |
| the state of being provoked to slight annoyance, anxiety, or distress. | Vexation |
| to succeed in establishing what a word or piece of writing says when it is difficult or almost impossible to read | Decipher |
| far away from civilization, society, or any other populated area. | Remote |
| to record an event or series of events in chronological order. | Chronicle |
| a difficult or dangerous situation, especially a sad or desperate predicament. | Plight |
| the features on the surface of an area of land. | Topographic |
| to see or notice something that is not very clear or obvious | Discern |
| a radio capable of transmitting or receiving short waves | Shortwave |
| impossible or very difficult to read or understand | Indecipherable |
| too strange or unlikely to seem merely natural or human | Uncanny |
| secret scheming or plotting | Intrigue |
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