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week 1 (9-10-12)
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assuage | to ease, to mitigate |
| acrimonious | caustic |
| fractious | unruly |
| acquiesce | to give in, to comply |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| elucidate | to make clear, to explain |
| auspicious | favorable |
| formidable | menacing, causing fear |
| benevolence | kindness, generosity, charity |
| edifying | instructing and improving spiritually or morally |
| enunciate | to pronounce clearly |
| fraudulent | deceitful, portrayed as genuine but is really an imposter |
| furitive | secret in underhanded way |
| begrudge | to give in reluctantly, to envy a possession or one's enjoyment |
| fanaticism | enthusiasm of seal that is excessively irritational |
| congenital | existing at birth |
| hone | to sharpen or make more effective |
| corroboration | confirmation |
| dictum | an athorative statement |
| guileless | without deceit |