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S.C.A.M. Chap 2
Question | Answer |
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abase | undermine |
abate | stop |
abhor | hate |
accentuating | accenting |
acerbically | bitterly |
acquiesced | gave in |
acumen | intelligence |
adjacent | nearby |
adroit | skilled |
allay | ease |
anguish | pain |
antiquated | old |
apparently | seemingly |
berating | chewing out |
catastrophic | disastrous |
corroboration | verify/endorse |
cuckold | cheat on |
debacle | catastrophe |
decisively | with certainty |
disingenuous | insincere/dishonest |
dissembling | being deceptive |
dubiously | doubtfully |
duplictous | sneaky |
elaborate | complicated |
empathize | feel compassion for |
enmity | hostility |
expedient | worthwhile |
extreme | severe |
facile | effortless |
fathom | understand |
fidelity | faithfulness |
flouting | scornfully disregard |
forlorn | sad |
foster | encourage |
gratuitous | unwarranted |
guile | deceitful/cunning |
hypocrisy | deceitfulness |
imperative | necessary |
impervious | impenetrable |
impetuous | impulsive |
implicit | implied |
mired | stuck |
mocking | ridiculing |
naive | innocent |
pacific | peaceful |
perused | examined |
predilection | preference |
pretense | posturing |
procrastinating | delaying |
prodding | provoking |
puerile | childish |
remiss | delinquent |
repose | lie down |
resolved | decided |
ruminating | thinking |
scouring | searching |
severe | extreme |
sobriety | soberness |
stoic | unmoved |
succinct | concise |
taciturn | quiet |
tedious | tiresome |
tirade | rant |
tomes | books |
temulously | shakily |
trite | unoriginal |
uncanny | strange |
validate | confirm |
vapid | dull |
vehemently | powerfully |
vilifying | slander |
vindictive | spiteful |
wallowing | remaining hopeless |
wane | fade |
wanton | immoral |
winsome | charming |
yoke | burden |