Vocabulary 5

Apathy - (n.)

a lack of interest, indifference
Beacon - (n.)

a light for warning or guiding
Contradict - (v.)

to assert the opposite
Fickle - (adj.)

likely to change without reason; unstable
Peruse - (v.)

to read thoroughly and carefully
Venerate - (v.)

regard with great respect
Concoct - (v.)

to make by combining ingredients
Decrepit - (adj.)

weakened by old age; feeble; infirm
Truant - (n.)

one who is absent without permission, usually from school
Tributary - (n.)

a small stream that flows into a larger stream

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Vocabulary 5

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Vocabulary

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2011-05-23T13:41:40Z