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vocabulary unit 2
vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |