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Avalos Week 4
Words 1-40
Question | Answer |
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Abstain | to choose not to do something |
Audacious | fearless and daring |
Banal | predictable, cliched, boring |
Cacophony | harsh, jarring noise |
Decorum | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
Eclectic | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
Malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma |
Satiate | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
Vacillate | to physically sway or to be indecisivew |
Aberrant | deviating from what is normal or expected |
Bolster | support, prop up |
Candid | impartial and honest in speech |
Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock |
Efficacy | effectiveness |
Fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
Laconic | using few words |
Malleable | capable of being shaped |
Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser |
Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
Abscond | to leave secretly |
Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
Desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
Fawn | to grovel |
Garrulous | tending to talk a lot |
Naïve | lacking sophistication or experience |
Paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
Venerate | to respect deeply |
Abyss | an extremely deep hole |
Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
Eloquent | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
Pedant | someone who shows off learning |
Perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
Tacit | done without using words |
Zeal | passion, excitement |