Vocab Test 7-8

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buffet

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n - a blow with the hand or fist
v - to strike with the hand or fist

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extant

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adj - still existing

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chaos

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n - state of utter confusion or disorder

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inter

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v - to bury

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abhor

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v - to regard with extreme loathing

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reprehensible

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agj - deserving punishment

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amend

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v - to alter, correct, improve or modify

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vociferous

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adj - loud, clamorous

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squalid

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agj - foul, repulsive and filthy

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obviate

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v - to anticipate and prevent

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implicate

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v - to show to be also involved

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somber

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adj - gloomy, dark, dull

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waive

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v - to refrain from claiming or insisting upon, to forgo

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renegade

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n - a deserter or traitor
adj - traitorous

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commodious

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adj - spacious, convinient, roomy

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voluminous

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adj - of great size or volume

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discern

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v - to recognize or distinguish

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turbulent

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adj - agitated or disturbed

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corrosive

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adj - sarcastic and acidic

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martinet

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n - someone who stubbornly sticks to rules

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compatible

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adj - capable of living together in harmony

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suave

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adj - urbane, smooth, polite, gentlemanly

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apprehensive

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adj - uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

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deride

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v - to laugh at or scorn

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multifarious

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adj - numerous, varied

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quandary

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n - state of perplexity or uncertainty

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apathy

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n - lack of emotion or excitment

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decrepit

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adj - weakened by old age, feeble

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recalcitrant

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adj - resisting authority or control, stubborn, rebel, hard to deal with
n - a recalcitrant person

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animosity

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n - feeling of strong dislike and emnity

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condolence

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n - expression of sympathy

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omnivorous

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adj - eating everything, taking in everything

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parsimonious

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adj - penny pinching, stingy, frugal

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commend

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c - to give praise or entrust

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consecrate

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v - to make or declare sacred

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ingenuous

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adj - sincere, innocent, naive

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obsolete

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adj - no longer in use, fallen into disuse

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reprisal

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n - an act of retaliation or revenge

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reveled

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v - to bask or delight in
n - a festivity of merrimaking

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stultify

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v - to cause to appear foolish and ridiculous or to render ineffective