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LA Vocab Lesson 5-6
Easy
Term | Definition |
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abstain | to refrain from something by one's sins |
coherent | showing an orderly relation of parts sticking together being able to communicate clearly and logically |
colloquial | characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing |
commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or pity |
commodious | spacious, roomy, as in a house |
condone | to forgive; to disregard an offense |
contrite | thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins |
impertinent | impudent; rude irrelevant |
pertinacious | holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief |
tenacity | hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly |
aptitude | a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning |
inept | without skill inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd |
adjunct | an added part not essential to the whole |
conjugate | to give forms of verbs in a fixed order |
injunction | an authorized command or order |
juncture | a serious state of affairs the condition or point of being joined |
subjugate | to conquer; to dominate completely |
astringent | harsh; severe a substance that tightens tissues |
strait | a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water a difficulty or bad position |
stringent | severe; constricted; tight pertaining to be scarcity of money |