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Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 6
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| aegis | protection, sponsorship (syn. guardianship, support, patronage, auspices) |
| auspicious | favorable, promising a good outcome (syn. promising, encouraging, propitious) |
| jaded | wearied, dulled, or bored by having too much (worn-out, overindulged, satiated) |
| atone | make up (for a wrong) (syn. make amends, make reparations, expiate) |
| lewd | obscene, indecent, lustful (vulgar, smutty, lascivious) |
| succinct | briefly and clearly expressed (syn. brief, concise, terse) |
| prevaricate | stray from the truth; mislead (syn. lie, misinform, equivocate) |
| aloof | reserved, detached, unconcerned (syn. removed, unresponsive, uninvolved, indifferent) |
| jovial | full of hearty humor and fun; jolly (syn. merry, cheerful, jocular) |
| saturnine | gloomy, grave (syn. moody, sulky, morose) |
| eu | good, well |
| euphemism | pleasant, mild, or inoffensive expression substituted for an unpleasant or offensive one |
| eugenics | science of improving a breed or species (especially human beings) through selection of parents |
| euphoria | feeling of complete well-being, great happiness, bliss |
| euthanasia | mercy killing, painlessly putting to death someone suffering from a prolonged and incurable condition |
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