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Vocab Lesson 2:)
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Question | Answer |
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What is allusion? | an indirect reference - syn: suggestion ant: reference |
What does chronic mean? | lasting and recurring for a long term - syn: continuing; ant: fleeting |
What does denunciation mean? | the act of openingly disapproving a person or thing - syn: criticism ant: acclamation |
What is embellish? | to make beautiful - syn: adorn and beautify to improve by adding decorative details - syn: exaggerate ant: understate, minimize |
What is ferment? | 1. a state of agitation and excitement; unrest - syn:uproar, commotion ant: peace 2. to cause or to undergo a breakdown of chemical substances into simpler substances into simpler substances, especially sugar into alcohol |
What is haggard? | appearing worn and exhausted do to overwork or worry - syn: gaunt and fatigued ant: refreshed |
What is ingratiate? | to win favor with others - syn: flatter, ant: irk |
What is lassitude? | a state of a weakness and weariness - syn: exhaustion ant: vigor, vitality |
What is malign? | 1. to speak unfavorably about 2. evil or harmful |
What does philistine? | someone who is ignorant and smug someone who is uninterested in or hostile to art or culture |
What does ramshackle mean? | adj - poorly constructed and maintained, rickety |
What is sage? | adj - sensible or wise n - n. a person of celebrated wisdom or judgement |
What does transcend mean? | v. - to pass above or beyond the limits of; to be above or beyond the limits of |
What is voluminous? | adj - having great size or capacity - syn: extensive ant: small |
What does wistful? | 1. full of longing or desire 2. sad in thought; pensive |