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CHAKIRA'S EXAM VOCABULARY(SEMESTER1)

MATCHING THE CORRECT WORD WITH ITS MEANING

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Coherent(adj)holding or sticking together
Eschew(v)to avoid, to keep away
Banal(adj)hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Excoriation(n)a strong denunciation;act or state of stripping off skin
Substantiate(v)to establish by evidence,prove;give concrete or substantial form to
Intransigent(adj)refusing to compromise,irreconcilable
Taciturn(adj)habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk
Avid(adj)desirous of something to the point of greed
Incendiary(adj)deliberately setting or causing fires
Celerity(n)swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
Propriety(n)the state of being proper, appropiateness
Overt(adj)open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
Myopic(adj)nearsighted,lacking a broad view of the situation
Summarily(adv)without delay or formality
Credence(n)belief,mental acceptance
Feckless(adj)lacking in spirit and strength;irresponsible
Derogatory(adj)designed to belittle or degrade
Evince(v)to display clearly, to make evident
Verbiage(n)language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to sense or content
Intractable(adj)hard to manage,stubborn, not responsive to discipline
Nefarious(adj)wicked, depraved, devoid or moral standards
Frenetic(adj)frenzied, frantic, highly agitated
Atrophy(n)the wasting away of a body organ or tissue
Bastion(n)a fortified place, stronghold
Exigency(n)urgency, pressure, an emergency
Prepossessing(adj)pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression
Incumbent(adj)obligatory,required;(n)one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Deliniate(v)to portray, sketch or describe in accurateand vivid detail
Esoteric(adj)intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
Fecund(adj)fruitful in offspring or vegitation
Enervate(v)to weaken, lessen mental, moral, or physical vigor of
Mundane(adj)earthly, worldly, relating to pratical and material affairs
Penchant(n)a strong attraction or inclination
Ubiquitious(adj)present or existing everywhere
Sophistry(n)reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound
Ignominy(n)shame and disgrace
Complicity(n)involvement in wrongdoing the state of being an accomplice
Abject(adj)degraded, wretched, base, contemptible
Derelict(n)someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
Meretricious(adj)superficially attractive in a showy, cheap, or vulgar way
Moot(adj)open to discussion and debate, unresolved (v)to bring up for discussion
Perspicacity(n)keeness in observing and understanding
Travesty(n)a grotesque or grossly inferior imitaion; a disguise, especially clothes of the opposite sex
Effrontery(n)shameless boldness, impudence
Ephemeral(adj)lasting only a short time, short lived
Demur(v)to object to take exception to
Convivial(adj)festive, sociable, having fun together
Indigent(adj)needy, impoverished
Felicitous(adj)appropiate, apt, well chosen
Inordinate(adj)far too great, exceeding reasonalbe limits


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