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Vocabulary. Week of March 5 Study for Quiz. Renounce. give up claim: to give up formally a claim, title, position, or right reject belief: to reject or disavow a belief or theory stop doing something: to give up a habit, pursuit, or practice. Truculent. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Vocabulary
Week of March 5Study for Quiz
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Renounce
• give up claim: to give up formally a claim, title, position, or right
• reject belief: to reject or disavow a belief or theory
• stop doing something: to give up a habit, pursuit, or practice
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Truculent
• fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
• brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work
• aggressively hostile; belligerent
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Nefarious
• evil: utterly immoral or wicked
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Complacency
• A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy.
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Vehemence
• Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction
• fervid: a vehement denial
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Innocuous
• unlikely to offend: not intended to cause offense or provoke a strong reaction and unlikely to do so
• harmless: harmless in effect
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Obsequious
• submissive: excessively eager to please or obey
• fawning
• annoying teacher’s pet
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Malevolence
• ill will ; malice; hatred
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Alacrity
• eager readiness
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Canonical
• relating to, or forming a canon – what a lousy definition
• conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure : orthodox
• of or relating to a clergyman
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Berate
• scold: to scold somebody vigorously and at length
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Incontrovertible
• certain, undeniable, and not open to question
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Polarize• cause division of opinion: to make the
differences between groups or ideas ever more clear-cut and extreme, hardening the opposition between them, or become ever more clear-cut and extreme in this way
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Axioms• a self-evident truth that requires no proof
• a universally accepted principle or rule
• a proposition that is assumed without proof
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Unbridled
• freely and openly expressed
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Predicated
• to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert
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Opaque
• not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light
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Circuitous
• lengthy because very indirect
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Affable
• easygoing: good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to
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Ardent
• having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling
• Passionate
• fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love
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Vaunted
• boasted about or praised in an ostentatious way
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Beguiled
• charm somebody: to win and hold somebody's attention, interest, or devotion
• deceive somebody: to mislead or deceive somebody
• cheat somebody: to rob somebody of something, or cheat somebody out of something
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Enervated
• weakened or exhausted physically, mentally, or morally
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Castigated
• to criticize or reprimand severely
• to punish in order to correct
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Exonerated
• to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame
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Filial
• of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience
• noting or having the relation of a child to a parent
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Tacit
• implied but not expressed: understood or implied without being stated openly
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Prescient
• knowing in advance: having or showing knowledge of actions or events before they take place