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Advancing Vocabulary
Chapter 1 Advancing Vacabulary Skills
Question | Answer |
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Detriment | Something that causes damage, harm, or loss |
Dexterous | Skillful in using the hands or body |
Discretion | Good judgment or tact in actions or speaking |
Facetious | Humorous; playfully joking |
Gregarious | Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others |
Optimum | Best possible; most favorable; most desirable |
Ostentatious | Meant to impress others; flashy |
Scrupulous | Careful about moral standards; conscientious |
Sensory | Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling |
Vicarius | Experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly |