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vocb #7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | to regard with extereme repungance;to detest utterly;to loathe |
| Accolade | praise,an award |
| ASectic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation;absent in luxury |
| Bequeath | to hand down,to give or leave in a will |
| Charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not,a quack |
| Conflagration | a large fire |
| Dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
| Diffidence | shyness,reserve,unassertiveness |
| Effervescent | showing high spirt |
| Ethereal | heavenly,unusally delicate,light,lacking material substance,intangible |
| Expunge | to remove,to erase |
| Guile | deceitfulness,duplicity |
| Implausible | not believeable |
| Incongruity | nonconformity,disagreement,incompatibility |
| Insularuty | qualities of an island;narrow-mindedness of opinion |
| Morsoe | being sullen or gloomy |
| Placate | to appease or to pacify by making concession |
| Poigaatnt | piercing,incisive,and keen |
| Provincial | lacking sophistication,narrrow-minded |
| Reiterate | to repeat |
| Spontaneous | having no external cause,acting impulse |
| Synthesis | combing parts into a whole |
| Toxic | poisonous |
| Vigilant | very alert,watchful |
| Voluble | ability to use words easily,fluent and glib |