I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Vocab part 1

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility: an antagonistic attitude

Question 2

Apprehension

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suspicion or fear especially of future evil: FOREBODING

Question 3

Benign

Answer 3

of gentle disposition: GRACIOUS

Question 4

Berate

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to scold or condemn vehemently and at length

Question 5

Bombastic

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marked by or given to BOMBAST: POMPOUS OVERBLOWN

Question 6

Cacophony

Answer 6

harsh or discordant sound 2 specifically: harshness in the sound of words or phrases

Question 7

Ceaseless

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continuing without CEASE: CONSTANT

Question 8

Heinous

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hatefully or shockily evil:ABOMINABLE

Question 9

imperceptible

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not perceptible by a sense or by the mind: extremely sligh, gradual , or subtle

Question 10

Impermanent

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not permanent TRANSIENT

Question 11

Impudent

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marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disrefard of others: INSOLENT

Question 12

Magnanimous

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showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind

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Perfunctory

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1 characterized by routine or superficiality: MECHANICAL

2:lacking in interest or enthusiasm

Question 14

Placate

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to soothe or mollify especially by concessions: APPEASE

Question 15

Pretentious

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exxpresssive of affected, unwarranted or exaggerated importance, worth or stature

Question 16

Recourse

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1a: a turning someone or something for help or protection b: a source of help or strength

Question 17

Torturous

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Painfully difficult or slow

Question 18

Tribulation

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distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution

Question 19

unscrupulous

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not scrupulous:UNPRINCIPLED

Question 20

Vernacular

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1a: Using a language or dialect native region or country rather than a literary cultured foreign language b of relating to or being nostandard language dialect of a place region or country c: of relating to or being the normal spoken forma of a language