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Vocab

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Term
Definition
Apex   The highest point  
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Assimilating   Absorbing  
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Bastion   A well-fortified position  
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Coverts   Thick underbrush providing cover  
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Crepitation   Crackling sound  
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Cynicism   Attitude scornful of the motives or virtues of others  
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Declivities   Downward sloped  
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Derision   Scorn or ridicule  
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Derisive   Scornful  
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Ebullience   Zestful enthusiasm  
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Eclipsed   Obscured; blocked from view  
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Effigy   A likeness or image  
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Elephantine   Ponderously clumsy  
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Excruciatingly   Intensely painful  
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Festooned   Decorated  
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Gesticulated   Made hand motions  
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Glamour   Magic spell; enchantment  
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Hiatus   Break  
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Impalpable   Intangible; not perceived by touch  
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Impervious   Incapable of being affected  
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Improvisation   To invent without preparation  
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Incantation   A verbal charm or spell  
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Incredulity   Disbelief  
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Inimical   Unfriendly; hostile  
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Inscrutable   Impenetrable  
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Luxuriance   Having rich or profuse growth  
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Maternal   Relating to motherhood  
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Myopia   A visual defect like nearsightedness  
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Obtuseness   Dullness; flatness; lack of sharp edges  
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Opaque   Light can't get through it  
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Pall   A gloomy effect  
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Pinnacles   Tall, pointed formations  
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Propitiatingly   Appeasingly; trying to please  
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Purged   Freed from impurities  
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Rebuke   To criticize or reprimand  
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Sanctity   Sacredness; godliness  
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Sinewy   Lean and muscular  
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Skewed   Turned to one side  
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Specious   Plausible but actually false  
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Tacitly   Without being spoken  
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Taut   Tight  
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Tempestuously   Like a storm; turbulently  
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Truculently   Disposed to fight  
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