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Vocab5 6 Flashcards

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Puerile

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Adj

Immature, underdeveloped

The teacher tried to decolonization their puerile minds.

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Whet

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Verb
To stimulate to make more keen
Did the smell of fruit whet your appetite?

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Myopic

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Adj
Short sighted to see too narrowly
I couldn’t discuss the issue with her because she was too myopic.

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Infuse

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Verb
To inject
Drugs are infused in creswell.

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Elucidate

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Verb
To make clear
I wish you would elucidate on what you meant.

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Manifold

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Adj
Many
The protesters showed up in manifold.

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Harrowing

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Adj
Agonizing, distressing
Her face was harrowing.

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Sycophant

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Noun
Self-serving flatterer

The girl was sycophant to the guy so he’d buy her stuff.

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Cacophony

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Adj
Noise, discordant sounds
I ain’t get no sleep because of your cacophony.

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Trite

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Adj

Overused, simplistic

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Pedagogue

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Noun
A teacher
The pedagogue engaged the students in a debate followed the Socratic style

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Scathing

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Adj
Hurtful or critical
The film reviewer gave the movie a scathing review

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Ascetic is

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Adjective
One who practice restrain
By not spending 200 dollars on makeup she was ascetic.

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Abrogated

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Verb
To abolish by authority
The former policy that allowed students to drink was abrogated.

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Figurative

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Adj
Symbolic
Some students prefers literal over figurative language

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Reprehensible

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Adj
Deserving of criticism
Claire is reprehensible because she smells.

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Brazen

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Adj
Excessively bold; brash
The student was suspended for brazenly.

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Aghast

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Adj
Struck with amazement or Terror
He was aghast by the horrors he saw in that room

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Placid

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Adj
Calm; tranquil
The dog was too placid to be an effective guard dog

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Connotation

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Noun
Suggested meaning
Bad apples didn’t have any bad words but it had many connotations.

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