English Final Quarter Two Volcab

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Gregarious

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(adj) Fond of company, Very sociable.

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Haughty

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(adj) Stuck up. Thinking oneself is great.

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Amiable

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(adj) Friendly and easy going.

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Arable

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(adj) Capable of being farmed.

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Deplore

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(v) to regret that something has occurred or to disapprove of something

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Eradicate

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to completely destroy, wipe out.

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Fervent

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passionate, ardent, earnest.

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Idle

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Not currently working or in use.

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Mitigate

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To make milder, lessen the severity of.

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Peril

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Dangerous or risky circumstances

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Steadfast

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loyal and unmoving

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Vacillate

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to waver or o back and forth between opinions or thoughts.

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Resolute

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Firmly resolved or set upon in purpose

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Vitruoso

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a person who has mastered a skill

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dilettante

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one who dabbles in things superficially,never gaining mastery or skill in anything

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Epicure

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someone with a very refined taste in wine and food

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Aesthetic

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relating to appreciation of beauty

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Distort

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to take out of context, mislead

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Calumny

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slander

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Specious

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sounding true but actually false

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Apocryphal

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inauthentic, fake

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Curmudgeon

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a grouchy, irritable person

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Irascible

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being quick to anger

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Querulous

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likely to complain or fight

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Contentious

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likely to start controversy

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Diffuse

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To spread freely, scatter

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Voluble

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Very talkative, always ready to speak.

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Laconic

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not using many workds, concise

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Garrulous

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Extremely talkative, always rambling

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Debilitate

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to take someone's or something's strength

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Deplete

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to use up, or draw from

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Atrophy

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a wasting away of something

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Languish

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to lose strength and fade

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Quagmire

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a dangerous or hard situation

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squalor

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a dirty, horrible living condition

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Fetter

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something that restrains or holds back

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salvage

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to rescue or save something

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intractable

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difficult to manage, very stubborn

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Supplicate

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to ask of something humbly

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Intransigent

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refusing to change position, very uncompromising

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Obstinate

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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty

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Exemplar

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someone or something that is so excellent it is worth imitating

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Paltry

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having little or no importance or significance

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Epitome

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the best example of something

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Idolatry

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unreasonable or excessive devotion to someone or something

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Placid

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calm

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Temerity

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Recklessness