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Vocabulary Practice
vocabulary to learn
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Didactic | Always trying to teach (something/a lesson) |
| Prosaic | Plain or boring |
| Prerogative | An exclusive right or privilege limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category |
| Lucrative | Profitable; moneymaking |
| Lugubrious | Overly sad; mournful; gloomy; sorrowful; melancholy |
| Circumspect | Cautious; guarded; vigilent |
| Abase | To degrade; to lower; to bring down or lower in rank |
| Salutary | Favorable to or promoting health; promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose |
| Ambiguous | Having more than one meaning; open to several interpretations, and therefore confusing |
| Monotonous | Lacking in variety |
| Ascertained | To find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine |
| Furtive | Sly; taken, done, used...by stealth |
| Ignominious | Humiliating |
| Convalescent | Recovering...from an illness, an injury, or a surgical operation |
| Dolorous | Full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful |