Brenham Eng III Warm Ups 1-6 Quiz
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| accentuate | to emphasize, to heighten the effect of, to pronounce or mark with an accent; to highlight
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| allegory | a symbolic story in which people, setting, or actions represent ideas or moral qualities
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| ambiguous | having more than one possible meaning; uncertain, vague or unclear
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| comprehensive | a wide scope; inclusive; thorough
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| conjecture | an opinion without proof; guesswork; to speculate; to guess
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| despicable | contemptible; deserving of scorn; vile
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| dissolute | lacking moral restraint; very wicked; immoral; undisciplined
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| felicitous | well chosen for the occasion; appropriate; apt; having an agreeable or delightful manner of writing or speaking
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| ferocity | the quality or state of being fierce, savage, or relentless
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| impregnable | not capable of being conquered, overcome, or captured; unshakeable
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| inception | a beginning; a start of something
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| incongruous | not suitable or appropriate; not consistent; not conforming to a pattern
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| intricacy | condition or state of being complex, involved, or detailed; elaborateness
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| introspective | given to examination of one's own thoughts and feeling; contemplative
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| misanthrope | an individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings
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| prologue | introductory lines of a play; the preface to a literary work; an introductory or preceding event
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| protagonist | the main character in a story or a play; a person who plays a leading or active part in something
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| provocative | stimulating; pushing or tending toward action, thought, or strong feeling
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| terse | brief and to the point; concise
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| vernacular | the native language or dialect of a country or region; every day or informal language; using everyday language
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| accent, emphasize, highlight, stress, spotlight | accentuate
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| absolute, broad, exhaustive, expansive, whole | comprehensive
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| questionable, uncertain, cryptic, doubtful, inconclusive | ambiguous
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| analogy, association, illustration, likeness, correlation | allegory
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| guess, hypothesis, inference, opinion, surmise | conjecture
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| applicable, apt, convincing, pertinent, proper | felicitous
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| firm, fortified, secure, solid, strong | impregnable
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| abandoned, corrupt, unrestrained, wayward, intemperate | dissolute
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| awful, base, contemptible, degrading, destable | despicable
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| barbarity, brutality, cruelty, savagery, viciousness | ferocity
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| origin, start, inauguration, onset, alpha | inception
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| reflective, subjective, thoughtful, meditative, speculative | introspective
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| complexity, difficult, elaborateness, involvement, multiplicity | intracacy
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| conflicting, contradictory, discordant, improper, inconsistent | incongruous
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| cynic, doubter, egoist, hater, loner | misanthrope
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| common, dialect, indigenous, local, inherent | vernacular
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| exciting, stimulating, alluring, interesting, suggestive | provocative
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| advocate, champion, hero, idol, lead | protagonist
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| abrupt, concise, curt, succint | terse
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| beginning, forward, introduction, preamble, prelude | prologue
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