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Vocan lesson 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ascertain | to find out for certain |
| chastise | to punnish by beating |
| Cull | to select and remove weak or inferior members from |
| defer | to put off or postpone |
| desist | to refrain from continuing something |
| discredit | to hurt the reputation of |
| encroach | to advance little by little beyond the usual limits or boundries |
| foreboding | a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen |
| humane | compassionate, kind or other human beings or to animals |
| irrational | lacking sound judgement; not governed by reason |
| lurid | causing horror; extreamly grotesque |
| perpetuate | to cause to continue indefinitly |
| restive | showing impatience because of restrictions or delays |
| stamina | physical strength or courage to resist hardship, illness or fatigue |
| surveillance | close observation of a person or area. |