Lesson Nine!
Terms
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- deter
- to prevent from doing or happening S:daunt; prevent
- bravado
- a showy or false display of courage
- menagerie
- a collection of animals on display
- euphemism
- an inoffensive term subsituted for an offensive term
- undulate
- to move in or cause to move in a wavelife motion S:ripple, roll (JELLO!)
- commiserate
- to feel or to express sorrow; to sympathize
- profusion
- a great quantity or amount; an abundance S:surfeit, plethora, surplus
- amass
- to gather things together, usually for a profit S:accrue, accumulate
- lavish
- 1. extravagant and abundant 2. excessively generous S: opulent, sumptuous. bountiful, pampering, heap, bestow
- skittish
- nervously excitable S: restive, edgy, restless
- occult
- of or dealing with magic or the supernatural
- peripheral
- of, near, or related to the outer edge or boundary S: outermost, tangential
- tangible
- actual; real; capable of being perceived by the senses S:concrete; palpable; substantial
- fledgling
- 1. a young bird just ready to fly 2. an inexperienced person S:1.neophyte, novice, tyro 2: callow, new
- recluse
- a person who lives a secluded, solitary life S:hermit