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Vocabulary Review for Weeks 1-17
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| Audacious | Excessively bold |
| Banal | Dull and unimpressive |
| Capricious | Subject to whim, fickle |
| Divisive | Causing dissent, discord |
| Eclectic | Consisting of a diverse variety of elements |
| Fraught | Filled or accompanied with |
| Garish | Gaudy, in bad taste |
| Hackneyed | Unoriginal, trite |
| Inextricable | Incapable of being persuaded or placated |
| Judicious | Having or exercising sound judgement |
| Knell | The solemn sound of a bell, often indicating death |
| Latent | Hidden, but capable of being exposed |
| Manifold | Diverse, varied |
| Noxious | Harmful, unwholesome |
| Pallid | Lacking color |
| Quandary | A perplexed, unresolved state |
| Rancor | Deep, bitter resentment |
| Serendipity | Luck, finding good things without looking for them |
| Umbrage | Resentment, offense |
| Vapid | Lacking livelines, dull |
| Wallow | To become or remain helpless |
| Yoke | To join, link |
| Zenith | The highest, culminating point |
| Affront | An insult |
| Beguile | To trick, deceive |
| Chronicle | Written history |
| Demure | Quiet, modest, reserved |
| Elicit | To bring forth, draw out |
| Abet | To aid, help, encourage |
| Balk | To stop, block abruptly |
| Camaraderie | Brotherhood, unity |
| Defunct | No longer used or existing |
| Edict | An order, decree |
| Flout | To disregard or disobey openly |
| Gregarious | Drawn to the company of others, sociable |
| Heinous | Shockingly wicked |
| Impeccable | Exemplary, flawless |
| Jubilant | Extremely joyful, happy |
| Kudos | Praise for an achievement |
| Laceration | A cut, tear |
| Maverick | An independent, nonconformist person |
| Nefarious | Heinously villainous |
| Ominous | Foreboding or foreshadowing evil |
| Paucity | Small in quantity |
| Quell | To control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation |
| Reprove | To scold, rebuke |
| Swarthy | Of dark color or complexion |
| Tirade | A long speech marked by harsh or biting language |
| Upbraid | To criticize or scold severly |
| Vicarious | Experiencing through another |
| Winsome | Charming, pleasant |
| Acute | Sharp or severe |
| Burnish | To polish, shine |
| Conformist | One who behaves the same as others |
| Debunk | To expose the falseness of something |
| Ebullient | Extremely lively, enthusiastic |
| Fathom | To understand, comprehend |
| Grandiloquence | Lofty, pompous language |
| Abrogate | Cancel or deny |
| Blasphemy | Speech which offend religious sentiments |
| Credulous | Gullible, ready to believe anything |
| Enshroud | Cover |
| Temper | To moderate, soften |
| Bellicose | War-like, aggressive |
| Elusive | Hard to pin down |
| Nettle | Annoy |
| Superlative | Extremely good, the best |
| Whet | Sharpen |
| Fickle | Shifting in character, inconstant |
| Mundane | Commonplace |
| Profane | Lewd, indecent |
| Virtuoso | One who excel in art, a highly skilled musical performer |
| Whimsical | Fanciful, full of whims |
| Aloof | Reserved, distant |
| Dissent | To disagree |
| Partisan | A follower, adherent |
| Surreptitious | Stealthy |
| Temerity | Audacity, Recklessness |
| Benign | Favorable |
| Dither | To be indecisive |
| Encumber | To weight down, burden |
| Etymology | The history of words, their origin and development |
| Impregnable | Reistant to capture or penetration |
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