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vocabulary unit 2
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverse | unfavorable negative working against |
| arid | extrememly dry dull |
| Assailant | a person who attacks violently |
| billow | a large wave |
| confront | to meet face to face |
| constrain | to force compel to restrain hold back |
| contemporary | belonging to the same perios fo time as oneself |
| depict | to portray: to represent or show in form of a picture |
| disinterested | fair minded free from selfish motives indifferent |
| encompass | to encircle go or reach around |
| groundless | without any good reason or cause unjustified |
| hypocrite | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better that he or she really is a two faced person |
| incomprehensible | impossible to understand |
| manipulate | to handle or use skillfully to manage or control for personal gain or advantage |
| maximum | the greatest possible amount or degree |
| mimic | a person who does imitations to imitate |
| ruffle | to wrinkle make uneven to annoy upset |
| serene | peaceful calm free from emotional upset |
| sheepish | embarrassed resembleing a sheep in meekness |
| stamina | the stregth needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain staying power |