English 12 Vocab 14

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English 12 Vocab 14

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English 12 Vocab 14

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Precarious

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1. not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse
- a precarious ladder.
2 dependent on chance; uncertain
-she made a precarious living by writing.

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Vapid

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offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
-tuneful but vapid musical comedies.

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Corpulent

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(of a person) fat.

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Redress

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remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation)
-the power to redress the grievances of our citizens.

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Efface

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erase (a mark) from a surface :
-with time, the words are effaced by the frost and the rain

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Salient

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most noticeable or important :
-it succinctly covered all the salient points of the case.

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Blighted

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a thing that spoils or damages something :
-her remorse could be a blight on that happiness.

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Throtled

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to kill or put an end to
-he revolution has throttled the free exchange of information and opinion.

or a throttle in a car