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Vocabulary list# 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |