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vocabunit6-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| condone | forgive, overlook an offence |
| nuance | slight subtle difference |
| connoissieur | exptert in matters of food, culture, or wine |
| enigma | mystery |
| apathy | lack of interest |
| officious | eager to help |
| credence | belief |
| jaunty | confident |
| dilettante | one who dabbles in an art or science |
| cult | group of people with an obsessive devotion to a person or set of principals |
| cynical | doubtful or distrustfulof the goodness or sincerity of human motives |
| amivalent | having opposing attitudes or feelings toward a person |
| demagogue | leader who appeals to citizens emotions to obtain power |
| demure | quiet and modest |
| intrepid | without fear |
| destitute | extremly poor |
| erudite | scholarly |
| dilemma | choice between 2 unpleasent or difficult options |
| culmination | climax, highest point of attainment |
| concur | agree, have same opinion |