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English_Vocab_1
Question | Answer |
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acquisitive | able to get/retain ideas or info; concerned with acquiring wealth/property |
belabor | to work excessively; to overwork |
insatiable | so great cannot be satisfied |
eschew | to avoid, shun,or forgo |
invidious | offensive, hateful,or malicious |
germane | relevant |
substantiate | to be able to prove or verify |
reconnaissance | scouting expedition |
arrogate | to claim without right |
taciturn | habitually silent, reserved, or uncommunicative |
myopic | nearsighted; lacking foresight |
overt | open; expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval |
propriety | appropriate to what is sociably acceptable |
sacrilege | violation of something sacred |
summarily | without delay |
suppliant | asking humbly |
talisman | an amulet that has scared powers |
undulate | to move in a wave like manner |
accost | to confront in an aggressive way |
animadversion | comment showing strong disapproval or critism |
avid | intensely eager |
brackish | salty taste |
celerity | swiftness or rapidity of motion |
gambit | a move that involves sacrifice in order to gain a later advantage |
halcyon | legendary bird |
histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques |
incendiary | tending to stir up rebellion |
maelstrom | whirlpool of great size and violence |
articulate | to express clearly |
cavort | to romp or prance around |
credence | belief or mental acceptance |
decry | to express strong disapproval of |
dissemble | to disguise or conceal |
distraught | very agitated as a result of an emotional or mental conflict |
eulogy | a formal statement of high praise |
evince | to display clearly |
exhume | to remove from the grave or bring to the light |
feckless | lacking in spirit, strength, or desire |
murky | lacking in clarity |
nefarious | wicked |
piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind |
primordial | old |
propinquity | nearness in time or place |
unwonted | not usual or expected |
utopian | ideal world |
verbiage | language that is too wordy |
verdan | green in tint or color |
viscous | gummy or gluey |