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M.F Vocab Unit 2
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Aberration Noun | something not typical, a deviation from the standard |
Allusion Noun | An indirect reference; a hint |
Artifice Noun | A clever trick; cunning |
Burgeon Verb | To expand, to flourish |
Cognitive Adjective | Dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses |
Covert adjective | Secret, hidden |
Diffident adjective | timid; lacking in self-confidence |
enormity noun | an extreme evil, a hideous offense; immensity |
fatalist noun | someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them |
hierarchy noun | an organization based on rank or degree, pecking order |
ineffable adjective | incapable of being expressed or described |
lament verb | to mourn |
metamorphosis noun | a magical change in form; a striking or sudden change |
ostensible adjective | apparent (but misleading), professed |
pious adjective | Reverent or devout, outwardly, hypocritical |
propriety noun | properness; good manners |
reprehensible adjective | worthy or blame or censure |
spurious adjective | false, fake |
temerity noun | a boldness; recklessness; audacity |
verbose adjective | using too many words, not succinct |