Finals LA Vocab

Question 1

Aberration

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When something becomes strange/abnormal/unexpected

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Accosted

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To go up to something/one in a bold or aggressive manner

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Ascertain

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When someone makes sure of something - to make certain

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Cleaved

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To chop off something; split or severed in two

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Embalming

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Mummifying something/one; preserve a corpse from decaying

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Feeble

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Being weak, most likely after being sick or too old

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Vigil

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A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep

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Antagonize

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To aggravate; to cause someone to become hostile

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Whittle

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To carve an object by cutting small slices out of it

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Unfathomable

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Incapable of being fully explored or understood

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Analogous

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Comparable in certain respects

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Meditative

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Absorbed in thought or meditation

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Cherub

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A beautiful child or an angel

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Dispensation

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An exemption from a requirement/rule

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Prowess

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Superior ability or skill

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Bewilderment

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Confusing maze or tangle

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Aloof

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To keep to a distance; reserved or shy

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Benign

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Having a kindly disposition; Gracious; not harmful

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Morbid

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unwholesomely gloomy

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome, eager to pick a fight

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Benevolence

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A desire to do good to others; charitable

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Tyranny

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Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power

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Tacit

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Understood without being openly said

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Ensuing

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To be sure that something will be kept

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Assuaged

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To satisfy, sooth or calm

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Chattel

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A movable piece of personal property

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Unsullied

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Not spoiled, pure

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Cowlick

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A tuft of hair that grows in the opposite direction from the rest of the hair

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Imprudent

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Lacking discretion or acting rashly

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Persevere

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To persist in an undertaking; continue steadfastly

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Illicit

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Not legally permitted or authorized

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Sojourn

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To stay for a short time in a place

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Contentious

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Argumentative and quarrelsome

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Fraught

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Filled with or laden

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Habiliments

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Clothing or accessories

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior or "stuck up"

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Voile

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A thin, fabric or material

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Obliquely

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Not in a direct way

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Caste

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Diving system of people, a status that a person has in a society

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Dispelled

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Make disappear

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Venerable

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Accorded a great deal of respect

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Facade

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Face of building' to put a face (false front)

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Changeling

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Child behavior substituted by fairies

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Vetted

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Careful; to check if something is right

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Myopic

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Nearsighted

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Edification

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Improvement; benefit; guidance; an act of uplifting

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Begrudge

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To envy something of someone; resentment

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Venue

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A place where something could be held/or something happened like a sports game or a case

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Akimbo

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When someone has their hands on their hips and their elbows outward

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Unobtrusive

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Not attracting attention or being suspicious; blending in

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Scrutiny

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A critical examination/inspection

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Gullet

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The esophagus

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Browbeat

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Intimidating someone into doing something using harsh words

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Crepey

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Wrinkled skin of a usually older person

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Chifforobe

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Furniture that has drawers on one side and space for hanging on the other side

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Battlements

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A protective wall at the top of a castle/fort usually that is spaced with openings used to shoot through