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Vocabulary list# 2
Question | Answer |
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Antithesis | a direct opposite, a contrast |
Ascend | to move upward,to rise from lower station |
Austere | strict, stern; unadorned,ascetic |
Autonomous | independent,self-cotained |
Banal | common,ordinary,lacking freshness,hackneyed |
Benign | not causing harm,of gentle disposition,benefical |
Capricious | changing suddenly,fickle |
Dawdle | to waste time,to spend time idly,to move in lackadaisical manner |
Defamation | act of harming or running another's reputation |
Esoteric | understand only by a small group or select few |
Exacerbate | to aggravate,to irritate,to vex |
Extol | to praise,to glorify |
Fastidious | reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an exterme |
Furtive | secret in an underhanded way,stalthy |
Gregarious | sociable and outgoing |
Hypocrite | one who is insincere or deceitful |
Innate | existing from birth,inborn |
Lethargic | sluggish,languid |
Melancholy | depression of spirt |
Opaque | not allowing passage of light,not transparent;hard to understand |
Prolific | abundantly fruitful,marked by great productivly |
Reprove | to scold or to rebuke for a missdeed usallly kindly intent |
Symmerty | balanced proportions |
Tranquil | peaceful,calm |
Venerate | to honor, to revere |