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Monday, June 14, 2010

Vocabulary Words to know

engender-cause to exist
vitiate-make impure
pacify-to calm someone down
dearth-lack
indolence-lazy
marred-damaged or bruised
supercilious-haughty
squander-waste
ardent-passionate
beset-harass
countenance-appearance
cursory-hasty
charisma-attractiveness
demagogue- rabble-rousing leader
placate-pacify
indigenous-native
labyrinth-maze
exacerbate-make worse
incense-make very angry
Amorphous – having no shape
Apathy – lack of interest or caring
Conflagration – widespread fire
Conventional – traditional, mundane, ordinary
Detrimental – causing damage or harm
Abridge – to shorten
Abstemious – sparing in the use of food or drink
Abhor – to loathe or detest
Aesthetic – pertaining to beauty
Ambiguous – unclear, having more than one meaning
negligence-carelessness
innocuous-harmless
lax-careless;not diligent
precipitate-cause to happen abruptly
equivocate-say confusing things
impartial-fair
precedent-earlier example
figurative-based on figures of speech
reiterate-say again
prudent-careul
rudimentary-basic
credulous-eager to believe
lucid-easy to understand
sacrosanct-sacred
docile-easily taught
daunt-make fearful

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