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Appall
- to shock
- to horrify
Cognizant
- aware
- conscious of
Commiserate
- to sympathize
- express compassion
Expedient
- self serving
- convenient
hinderance
- a barrier
- an obstacle
Kindle
- to inspire
- to stir up
- arouse
Lavish
- overly luxurious
- extravagant
Ludicrous
- ridiculous
- laughable
negligent

careless
Scrutinize
- to inspect
- to examine
Clamor
- loud noise
- a loud outcry
- hubbub
Duplicity
- deceit
- deliberate deceptiveness
- *trickery
Equivocal
- vague
- open to more tan one interpretation often intended to mislead
- *noncommittal
Irresolute
- unable to decide
- uncertain how to think or act
- undecided
Rescind
- to cancel
- to repeal
- take back
Stagnant
- motionless
- not moving
- motionless
- still
Uniform
- unvarying
- all or always the same
Untenable
- unable to defend
- insupportable
Vilify
- to speak evil of
- to make abusive statements about
Affable
- friendly
- easy to get along with
Apocryphal

fictitious
Desultory
- random
- moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way
Garbled
- distorted
- mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible
Irascible
- bad-tempered
- easily angered
- irritable
Loquacious

talkative
Obtuse
- slow to understand
- dull
Opaque
- difficult to understand
- incomprehensible
Paucity
- lack
- a scarcity
- insufficiency
Recapitulate

to summarize
Accolade
- an expression of approval
- praise
- *commendation
Assuage
- to make less severe
- to relieve
- lessen
Cacophony
- unpleasant noise
- harsh, discordant sounds
Censure

disapproval
Diatribe
- a verbal attack
- a bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing
- *a denunciation
Edifice
- a structure
- a building
Gravity
- seriousness
- severity
Infraction
- a violation
- breaking of a law or rule
Profane

showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things
Somber
- very serious
- solemn
- sad and depressing
Blasphemy
- an insult to something holy
- *contempt
Enmity

hatred
Erroneous

mistaken
Garner

to collect
Heretic

a rebel
Incite
- to urge on
- to stir up
Languish
- to do poorly
- to loose strength
- fail in health be weak
Peruse
- to inspect
- to examine
- to read with great care
Recluse

hermit
Renounce
- to disown
- to reject
- give up

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Vocab Words 2

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vocab words

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2010-11-06T22:19:39Z

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