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Vocabulary 7

Terms

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supine
adjective-lying on the back, face or front upward.
ignoble
adjective-of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
accede
verb-to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
dubious
adjective-doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
officious
adjective-objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
endemic
adjective-natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic.
castigate
verb-to criticize or reprimand severely.
indigence
noun-seriously impoverished condition; poverty.
languid
adjective-lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
abstruse
adjective-hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
engender
verb-to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
duplicity
noun-deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing.
lassitude
noun-weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
invective
noun-vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
indigenous
adjective-originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often fol. by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
ominous
adjective-portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
ignominious
adjective-marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
captious
adjective-apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
coeval
adjective-of the same age, date, or duration; equally old
subterfuge
noun-an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

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