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Vocab 11-15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vernal | Of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| Vicissitude(s) | Change, mutation; passing from one condition to another |
| Neophyte | New convert |
| Insouciant | Carefree, nonchalant, free from worry |
| Melange | A mixture, a medley |
| Menage | People living together as a unit; a household |
| Guile | Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit |
| Habiliment | Special dress or garb associated with an occasion or office |
| Endemic | Prevalent or peculiar to a locality, region, or people |
| Exhort | To admonish; to make an urgent appeal |
| Fastidious | Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please |
| Anomaly | An odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, ect |
| Illusory | Causing illusion; deceptive; misleading |
| Browbeat | To intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully |
| Doctrinaire | A person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist |
| Exonerate | To relieve, as form an obligation, duty, or task |
| Panache | A grand or flamboyant manner, verve; style |
| Vexation | The act of annoying or provoking |
| Retrenchment | The act of reducing expenditure in order to improve financial stability |
| Overwrought | Extremely or excessively excited or agitated |
| Extol | To praise highly; laud; eulogize |
| Oscillate | To vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions |
| Sublime | Elevated or lofty in thought, language |
| Pedestrian | A person who goes or travels on foot |
| Supererogatory | Greater that that required or needed; superfluous |
| Remonstrate | To say or plead in protest, objections, or disapproval |
| Temerity | Reckless boldness; rashness |
| Limpid | Free from obscurity; lucid; clear completely calm; without distress or worry |
| Ratiocination | The process of logical reasoning |
| Recondite | Dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter |
| Quotidian | Daily, usual, customary |
| Bemused | Bewildered, confused; lost in thought |
| Banal | Trite, commonplace and predictable |
| Perfunctory | Performed as a routine duty; hasty; superficial; indifferent; apathetic |
| Perfidious | Treacherous, deceitful |
| Lissome | Supple, flexible; agile; nimble |
| Largess | Generous bestowal of gifts or the gifts so bestowed |
| Jaded | Worn-out; wearied; as by overuse or overindulgence |
| Lachrymose | Weeping; inclined to tears; tearful |
| Insuperable | Incapable of being overcome; insurmountable |
| Abrogate | To abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal |
| Cajole | To persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax |
| Credulity | Willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility |
| Harbinger | A person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another, herald |
| Nonchalant | Coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual |
| Labyrinthine | Complicated; tortuous |
| Plaudit | An enthusiastic expression of approval |
| Penurious | Extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly |
| Hypothetical | Of, pertaining to, involving, or characterized by hypothesis |
| Enigma | A puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation |
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