Vocab D

Question 0

Boycott

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The act of avoiding buying or using something, or dealing with someone, as a way to show disapproval

Question 1

Scourge

Answer 1

A person or thing that causes trouble or suffering

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Blithe

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Happy; not anxious

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Mesmerize

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To have such a strong effect that one cannot pay attention to anything else; to hypnotize

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Stature

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The importance and respect that a person has because of their ability and achievements

A person’s height

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Unkempt

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Not well cared for not neat or tidy

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Stymie

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To prevent someone from doing something planned or desires

To prevent something from happening

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Archipelago

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A group of islands

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Mercenary

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Greedy. Motivated by desire for money

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Exclaim

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To say something suddenly and loudly, especially because of strong emotion or pain

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Circumlocution

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Using more words than are necessary,instead of speaking or writing a clear direct way

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Deface

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To damage the appearance of something especially by drawing or writing on it

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Quarantine

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A period of time when an animal or a perso that has or may have a disease is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading

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Pertain

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To be connect; to relate

To exist or to apply in a particular situation or at a particular time

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Nomad

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A member of a community that moves from place to place

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Officious

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Too ready to tell people what to do or to use the power one has to give order

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Demure

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Behaving in a way that does not attract attention to oneself; quiet and serious

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Recrimination

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An angry statement accusing someone else of something, especially in response to a similar statement

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Jubilant

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Feeling or showing great happiness because of a success

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Nocturnal

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Active or occurring at night

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Lithe

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Moving or bending easily and elegantly

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Debacle

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An event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes embarrassment

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Secrete

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To produce a liquid substance

To hide something especially something small

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Oblique

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Expressed or done indirectly

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Sanctimonious

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Giving the impression that one is more moral than other people

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Ebb

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(Of the tide) to go out; to flow away from the land

To grow less; to become slowly weaker

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Proclivity

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A natural tendency to do one thing or to feel something

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Heterogeneous

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Consisting of many different kinds of people or things

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Deft

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Skillful and quick

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Quiescent

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Quiet not active

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Castigate

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To criticize someone or something severely

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Clamor

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A loud and continuous noise

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Preamble

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An introduction to a written document or a speech

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Quixotic

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Foolishly idealistic or impractical

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Hearten

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To give someone encouragement or hope

Question 35

Devout

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Believing strongly in something, especially a particular religion; devoted