Vocabulary- Mr. Thompson
Terms
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- extemporaneous
- adj unrehearsed
- Contemptuous
- adj scornful
- fatuous
- adj dull
- constructive
- adj leading to improvement
- disconcerted
- adj confused
- acqiescence
- n agreement
- Squeamish
- adj-Queasy
- Profane
- adj vulgar
- statistic
- n a numerical fact
- rouse
- v to excite
- contentious
- adj argumentative
- intrepid
- adj brave
- tentative
- adj hesitant
- Irked
- v-Indignant
- Rebellious
- adj- Recalcitrant
- Penury
- n poverty
- advocate
- v to speak in favor of
- subtle
- adj sly
- Vestigial
- adj Latent
- diminutive
- adj small
- Desirable
- adj worth having
- source
- noun origin
- Rebuttal
- n an attempt to disprove
- eccentric
- adj strange
- impromptu
- adj off hand
- cynical
- n distrustful
- garnish
- adj flashy
- Tacit
- adj unspoken
- negate
- v to nullfy
- Apprehensive
- adj Pusillanimous
- vapid
- adj dull
- Bigot
- n racist
- cantankerous
- adj ill tempered
- Status-quo
- noun the way things are
- Ethereal
- adj Airy
- catalyst
- investigator n
- colleague
- noun associate
- research
- n investigation
- Temerity
- n nerve
- genial
- adj cheerful
- refute
- v to disprove
- Adamant
- adj-Determined
- Sullen
- adj- depress
- Sympathetic
- adj appreciative
- periodical
- noun publication that appears regularly
- affirm
- v to ratify
- Debate
- to deliberate
- avaricious
- rapacious adj
- Resolved
- adj decided
- parched
- adj desiccated
- sentimentality
- n sensitivity
- Haughty
- adj Conceded
- pestilent
- adj malignant
- allure
- interest noun
- penitent
- adj sorrowful
- Forage
- verb to search
- vehement
- adj intense
- proposition
- n a proposal
- Acrimonious
- adj bitter
- summation
- conclusion n
- perplexity
- n confusion
- practical
- adj having to do with action or practice rather that thought or theory
- Persuade
- verb to win over
- pious
- adj religious
- Predilection
- n prferance
- tyrannical
- adj repressive
- Stealthily
- adverb slyly
- vexation
- n irritatioin
- lamenting
- v grieving
- imprudent
- ad unwise