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vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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aggrandizment | to make yourself seem better |
burdensome | difficult to do; requires a lot of effort |
criterion | whenever a standard, rule or test is used to judge something |
destination | the place you are going |
exonerate | to clear of blame |
furbelow | decoration on clothing |
geniality | cheerfulness, kindness, sociability |
hibernate | to sleep through winter |
improbable | very unlikely to happen |
jeremiad | a long and mournfull complaint |
katzenjammer | loud confused nois from many sources |
lackadaisical | lacking spirit or intrest, halfhearted |
mystify | to comfuse or bewilder |
nadir | lowest point |
optimum | best; most favorable; ideal |
quirist | a person who asks a lot of questions |
rusticate | to be cuntrified |
surreptisios | stealthly; secret intended to escape observation |
tirade | a long angry speach usually very critical |
utilize | to use something incorrecley |
vicarious | to learn from someone elses expirience |
wonderous | amazing |
xerophyt | a plant that can live with little water |
yokefellow | a companion or mate |
zany | crazy |