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Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide Syn: Bold, Take off, Hide Joe use to abscond the night before leaving home. | Abscond |
| Fundamentally distinct or different Syn: contrasting, diverse, at odds Bucktown, has a disparate sample of Chicagoans. | Disparate (adj) |
| Extreme Boldness Arrogant Presumptuous Audacity Danny has the effrontery to put the cats outside. | Effrontery |
| to weaken to reduce in vitality Syn; deplete, unnerve, faze, unsettle, enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust. Studying for the GRE enervates me | Enervate |
| To undeceive To make right Syn, to inform Katies mom will disabuse her husband with the truth. | Disabuse |
| Conflicting Dissonant or harsh in sound Syn. Disharmonious Obama is discordant with running candidate Romney | Discordant |
| Courageously noble in mind and heart | Magnanimous |
| Adventurous Daring Bold Intrepid Danny is doughty at most outdoor events | Doughty |
| Task, duty, that involves a burdensome amount of effort heavy obligation Syn: Irksome, Laborious | Onerous |
| Dissatisfaction from boredom and play Tedium | Ennui |
| Equivocate Equivocal | Ambiguous language with deceptive intent to mislead or hedge Syn: Pallter, prevaricate, beat around the bust |
| Scholarly Sapient Learned | Erudite |
| exonerate to clear of blame acquit assoil | Exculpate |
| The details or rules of behavior considered correct Syn: Decorous or Decorum, Decency | Propriety |