Unit 12 vocabulary* Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Clangor | (n.)a loud ringing sound. |
| Clangor | (v.)to make a loud ringing noise. |
| Deleterious | (adj.)harmful, injurious. |
| Absolve | (v.)to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt. |
| Enhance | (v.)to raise to a higher degree;to increase the value or desirability of. |
| Caricature | (n.)a representation(especially a drawing)in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated. |
| Caricature | (v.)to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way. |
| Extenuate | (v.)to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses. |
| Contiguous | (adj.)side by side; touching; near; adjacent in time. |
| Exude | (v.)to ooze out; to discharge through the pores; to emanate(as a quality or a personal impression). |
| Implicit | (adj.)implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in. |
| Cupidity | (n.)an eager desire for something; greed. |
| Enthrall | (v.)to enslave; to imprison; to captivate, charm, hold spellbound. |
| Scintillating | (adj.,part.)sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally briliant(applied to mental or personal qualitis). |
| Redundant | (adj.)extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush. |
| Winsome | (adj.)charming, attractive, pleasing(often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence). |
| Preeminent | (adj.)superior, outstanding; prominent. |
| Paragon | (n.)a model of excellence or perfection. |
| Politic | (adj.)prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient. |
| Sanctimonious | (adj.)making a show of virtue or rightiousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious. |
| Incisive | (adj.)sharp, keen, penetrating. |
| Prosaic | (adj.)dull, ordinary, lacking in distinction and originality; characteristic of prose, not poetic. |
| Paraphrase | (v.)to restate in other words. |
| Paraphrase | (n.)a statsement that presents a given idea in a new language. |
| Ostentatious | (adj.)marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy. |
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