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Week Twelve
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolve (verb) | To clear from blame, responsibility or guilt; to acquit, excuse, pardon |
| Caricature (noun or verb) | Noun: A representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; a cartoon or parody Verb: To present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
| Clangor (noun or verb) | Noun: A loud ringing sound; a din, clamor, uproar Verb: To make a loud ringing sound |
| Contiguous (adjective) | Side by side, touching, adjoining; near, adjacent in time |
| Cupidity (noun) | An eager desire for something; greed, avarice, craving |
| Deleterious (adjective) | Harmful, injurious, damaging, destructive |
| Enhance (verb) | To raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
| Enthrall (verb) | To capture, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave, imprison |
| Extenuate (verb) | To lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses; to downplay or diminish |
| Implicit (adjective) | Implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning, potentially contained in |
| Incisive (adjective) | Sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) |
| Ostentatious (adjective) | Marked by conspicuous or pretentious display; showy, flashy |
| Paragon (noun) | A model of excellence or perfection; exemplar, ideal, model |
| Paraphrase (verb or noun) | Verb: To restate in other words, reword, rephrase Noun: A statement that presents a given idea in a new language |
| Politic (adjective) | Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; tactful, diplomatic, judicious, fair |
| Prosaic (adjective) | Dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter of fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic or imaginative |
| Redundant (adjective) | Extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive, profuse, lush |
| Sanctimonious (adjective) | Making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| Scintillating (adjective) | Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities), glittering, flashing |
| Winsome (adjective) | Charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence), winning, engaging, delightful |
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