EngIIIVocabUnit12
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- xenophobia
- (n) an undue or unreasonable fear, hatre, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange
- impinge
- (v) to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon
- execrable
- (adj) utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior
- viable
- (adj) capable of living or developing under normal circumstances
- apposite
- (adj) appropriate; suitable; apt
- vacuous
- (adj) devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless
- labyrinth
- (n) a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation
- precarious
- (adj) very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky
- debilitate
- (v) to make weak or feeble
- vagary
- (n) an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion
- bilk
- (v) to defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart
- zany
- (adj) clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way; (n) one who plays the clown
- pastiche
- (n) a dramatic, musical or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge
- utilitarian
- (adj) stressing practicality over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined purely by its usefulness
- rapport
- (n) a close and harmonious relationship
- narcissism
- (n) excessive self-love; absorption in oneself
- charisma
- (n) the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power
- augur
- (n) a prophet or seer; (v) to predict, foreshadow
- niggardly
- (adj) stingy; meanly small or insufficient
- zealot
- (n) a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower