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Lang. Arts 8th Voca2
Words for the Week 2.1, 2.12, 2.13
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| Easily duped or cheated (adj.) | Gullible |
| To believe the worst (n.) | Cynicism |
| To yield superior strength or force (v.) | Succumb |
| Relating to heresey or a religious opinion (adj.) | Heretical |
| A person with a fake identity (n.) | Hypocrite |
| A purpose alleged or an apperance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs (n.) | Pretext |
| To act in collison or straddle (v.) | Prevaricate |
| To give or pay back, or punishment (n.) | Retribution |
| To give a government grant of money (v.) | Subsidize |
| To pose again, to rest to lie down (n.) | Repose |
| Rennounce one's throne (v.) | Adbicate |
| To free from a type of trouble; As if someone is stuck in a car the fireman will EXTRICATE them (v.) | Extricate |
| A person sent to represent someone else (n.) | Delegate |
| A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular or policy (n.) | Advocate |
| To make something better than it was before (v.) | Ameliorate |
| Very foolish (adj.) | Prepostorous |
| Lacking in variety (adj.) | Monotonous |
| Hating in a manner that is acceptable (adj.) | Decorous |
| Great courage in the face of danger (adj.) | Valorous |
| Acting or done quickly without care (adj.) | Impetous |
| Not telling the truth (adj.) | Mendacious |
| Bad odor (adj.) | Malodourous |
| Fame and renown resulting from an act or achievment (n.) | Kudos |
| A ceremonial embrace, or a mark of acknowledgement (n.) | Accolades |
| Recieving a standing (n.) | Ovation |
| Adolense to grow up (n.) | Adulation |
| Praise (n.) | Honorarium |
| Fashionable, elegant, or stylish (adj.) | Posh |
| To make own descions, self-choice (n.) | Prerogative |
| Wind, draft, gentle breeze (n.) | Zephyr |
| Sickness, disease (n.) | Vertigo |
| Exsisting before the war, or to be specific the civil war (adj.) | Antebellum |