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Vocabulary Quiz #5

AB
ascendto move upward, to rise from a lower station
austerestrict, stern, unadorned, ascetic
banalcommon, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
benignnot causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
capriciouschanging suddenly, fickle
depravity, depravemoral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
didacticinstructive, designed to teach
disparityinequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree
engenderto cause, to produce, to create
enigmaticmysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
ephemerallasting a short period of time, fleeting
esotericunderstood only by a small group or a select few
exacerbateto aggravate, irritate, vex
extolto praise, glorify
furtivesecret in an underhanded way, stealthy
laudto praise, to extol
levityexcessive frivolity, flippancy
nullifyto cause not to be in effect, to negate, to abrogate, to invalidate
opaquedark, will not allow the passage of light, not transparent, hard to understand
prolificabundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity
repudiateto reject, disown, disavow
reticencerestraint in speech, reluctance to speak
servileoverly submissive
taciturnquiet, not verbose
virulentextremely poisonous, hateful


Catherine Clift

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