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Vocabulary list 9
Term | Definition |
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Ambiguous | having more than one meaning, uncertain, unclear |
amiable | friendly, sociable, congenial,civil, and urbane |
crass | coarse, crude, and unrefined |
discursive | rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly |
docile | easily, manged, obedient, passive |
estrange | to alienate, to seperate |
exonerate | to free from blame, obligation, or responsibility |
gratuitous | given freely, unwarrented |
hypothesize | to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven |
indignation | anger as a result of something unjust |
induce | to bring on or to bring about |
intractable | stubborn, difficult to manage |
introspective | the quality of examining one's own mind or thoughts |
lucid | easily understood, mentally sound |
meticulous | taking great care |
misanthrope | a hater of mankind |
munificent | very generous |
plagiarize | to steal and to use another's writings as one's own |
profuse | extravagantly abundant, flowing freely |
recluse | a person who lives in solitude , a hermit |
sated | satisfied fully, indulged to excess |
stupefy | to dull the senses as to put into a stupor |
terse | consise |
transient | quickly passing, fleeting |
virtuoso | one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant |