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Am Studs Vocab 3
am studs vocab unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | hates |
| Abstraction | a deduction |
| Acme | top, highest point of perfection |
| Affluence | riches, abundance |
| Amnesty | a general pardon |
| Assuage | lessen, pacify |
| Bilious | sour, bad-tempered |
| Blasé | bored, uninterested |
| Captious | sophistical |
| Circumspect | cautious, careful |
| Contraband | smuggled goods |
| Countenance | expression, features |
| Deleterious | bad, harmful |
| Despot | bully, dictator |
| Dissident | disagreeing |
| Effrontery | nerve, boldness |
| Erudite | well read, scholary |
| Expatiate | expand, enlarge |
| Felicitous | fitting, appropriate |
| Garrulous | talkative, loquacious |
| Gesticulate | making motions |
| Hue | shades, tints |
| Impasse | standstill, seadlock |
| Ineluctable | certain, inevitable |
| Intransigent | stubborn |
| Ken | knowing |
| Lucid | clear, comprehensible |
| Malinger | evading duty |
| Mnemonic | memory-improvement |
| Myriad | crowds of, very numurous |
| Narcissistic | self-centered, egoistic |
| Odious | hateful, offensive |
| Palpitate | beat quickly, pounded |
| Paraphrase | restatement |
| Pedant | narrow-minded person |
| Peruration | conclusion, summary |
| Platonic | unsensual, idealistic |
| Pragmatic | practical, factual |
| Promiscuous | sexually uncontrolled |
| Recalcitrant | resisting authority, uncooperative |
| Restive | nervous, restless |
| Sardonic | sacastic |
| Sensuous | physical, sensory |
| Stolid | unemotional, impassive |
| Sybarite | lover or luxury, voluptuary |
| Tirade | outburst |
| Vagary | whim, quirk, capriciousness |
| Venel | corrupt, purchasable |
| Vicarious | second-hand, sunstitute |
| Vitiated | weakened, spoiled |