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Vocab unit 9 9 d
Jenkins Vocabulary unit 9 definitions 9th grade level D
Question | Answer |
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Auxiliary | adj. giving assistance or support; n. a helper, aid |
Candid | adj. frank, sincere, impartial; unposed |
Cubicle | n. a small room or compartment |
Drudgery | n. work that is hard and tiresome |
Envoy | n. a representative or messenger (a of a government) |
Escalate | v. to elevate; to increase in intensity |
Expedient | n. a means to an end. adj. advantageous, useful |
Feign | v. to pretend |
Flair | n. a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style |
Grievous | adj. causing sorrow or pain; serious |
Heterogeneous | adj. composed of different kinds, diverse |
Horde | n. a vast number (as of people; a throng |
Impel | v. to force, drive forward |
Incredulous | adj. disbelieving, skeptical |
Inscribe | v. to write or engrave, to enter a name on a list |
Monologue | n. a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person |
Prognosis | n. a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation |
Rasping | adj. with a harsh, grating sound; n. a harsh sound |
Repugnant | adj. offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
Scuttle | v.to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; n. a pail |