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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Engergizers
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| amazon | large, strong, agressive woman (syn. powerful woman, athletic woman, virago) |
| iconoclast | attacker of traditional or cherished beliefs, institutions, ideas ( revolutionary, rebel, radical, dissenter |
| sardonic | mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic (syn. sneering, mocking, comtemptuous, derisive taunting, trenchant) |
| supercilious | scornfully looking down on others; disdainfully superior (syn. scornful, contemptuous, haughty) |
| nemesis | agent of revenge, punishment; difficult or unbeatable opponent; something incapable of being achieved or overcome; cause of one's downfall or undoing (syn. downfall, destruction, retribution) |
| procrastinate | pull off till later (syn. delay, postpone, defer) |
| panacea | remedy for all desires, sufferings, troubles (syn. universal remedy, cure-all, nostrum |
| capricious | changeable, unpredictable (impulsive, flighty, whimsical) |
| introvert | one who is concerned mainly with self-examination and one's own inner life rather than with others (syn. shy person, self observer, self scrutinizer) |
| extrovert | one whose interests and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside of oneself rather than with one's own inner life ( socializer, outgoing person, gregarious person) |
| bene | well, good |
| benediction | blessing, especially at the end of a religious service |
| benevolent | desiring to do good; kind, generous |
| beneficiary | person who receives benefits |
| benefactor | person who gives help or financial aid |
| beneficence | goodness, kindness |
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