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| acclimate | verb; to get accustomed to a new environment or situation. ex: She quickly acclimated to weather in her new town. |
| ancestral | adj; pertaining to one's forebears; ex: His ancestral background included King Henry VIII. |
| fervent | adj; having great emotion; ex: Her fervent plea to her parents for a new computer was rejected. |
| impending | adj; about to take place, menacing; ex: They were unaware of the impending danger |
| ingenious | adj; clever, displaying imagination or inventiveness; ex: The ingenious invention was sure to win the contest. |
| precipitate | verb; to cause, to happen earlier than expected, to condense and fall as rain; ex: The inability of the students to follow directoins precipitated them not going on the Texas History Trip. |
| suffrage | noun; right to vote; ex: Women fought hard for their suffrage rights. |
| assuage | verb; to ease, to calm; ex: THe thought of the reward the little child would get after the shot at the doctor's office assuaged her fears. |
| brandish | verb; to wave menacingly; ex: The angry parent brandished the failing report in the child's face while yelling. |
| cynical | adj; scornful of the motives; ex: The cynical commentator spoke about his opinion of why he hated polotics. |
| grotesque | adj; strange, distorted; ex: His neighbors despised the grotesque statue in his front yard. |
| inert | adj; unable to move or act; ex: The inert volcano had not erupted for 1000 years. |
| profound | adj; absolute, deep, far-reaching; ex: Their discussion about WWII was too profound for the child to understand. |
| staid | adj; serious or reserved in behavior; ex: Everyone had a staid expression during the funeral. |
| circumscribe | verb; to encircle, to limit; ex: The student circumscribed the answer to the question on the test. |
| depreciate | verb; to decrease in value; ex: The furniture did not depreciate because it became a valuable antique. |
| perpetuate | verb; to cause to be remembered; ex: The statue of the mayor perpetuated him even though he was dead. |
| stereotype | noun; fixed idea or popular conception; ex: The stereotype that athletic people did not do well in school was destroyed when the star of the football team got straight A's. |
| virtue | noun; the quality of moral excellence, a particular beneficial quality; ex: Because of his virtue, the little boy chose not to make fun of someone else. |
| appall | verb; to shock, to dismay, to horrify; ex: It appalled the teacher to see the student cheating on a test. |
| deadpan | adj; showing no feelings, expressionless; ex: Because she was so deadpan, people were suprised to find out she actually was sad sometimes. |
| fluster | verb; to upset, to discontent, to agitate, to befuddle; ex: THe bad behavior of the students flustered the teacher and made him upset. |
| stolid | adj; unemotional, unexcitable, impassive; ex: THe man was known for keeping a stolid expression on his face, even when he was upset or angry. |
| tedious | adj; dull, boring, uninteresting; ex: She quit the tedious job and went to go work at a more exciting profession. |
| vibrant | adj; spirited, energenic; ex: Her vibrant personality helped make others enthusiastic about tasks that were normally tedious. |
| whim | noun; sudden notion, fancy, impulse; ex: People who make decisions on a whim often make irrational descisions. |
