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Spelling: 1. graduating 2. grammar 3. gross 4. gymnasium 5. happiness
Vocab: 1. congenial 2. preclude 3. apprehensive 4. elaborate 5. arrogant
Vocab List 25
Vocab List 25 (adj.) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar; pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste or inclination(v.) prevent from happening; make impossible(adj.) anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen(adj.) detailed and complicated in design and planning; (v.) develop or present in detail(adj.) having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities
1. congenial
2. preclude 3. apprehensive
4. elaborate
5. arrogant
Spelling: 1. hasten 2. heavily 3. hindrance 4. humorous 5. hungrily
Vocab: 1. elusive 2. efface 3. taciturn 4. ameliorate 5. acquiesce
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Vocab List 26(adj.) difficult to find, catch, or achieve; difficult to remember or recall(v.) erase (a mark) from a surface; make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous(adj.) (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little(v.) make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better(v.) accept something reluctantly but without protest
1. elusive
2. efface
3. taciturn
4. ameliorate
5. acquiesce
Spelling: 1. hypocrisy 2. hypocrite 3. icy 4. ignorance 5. imagination
Vocab: 1. atrophy 2. dubious 3. flagrant 4. concise 5. immutable
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Vocab List 27(v.) (of body tissue or organ) waste away; decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect; (n.) state of having atrophied(adj.) hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; suspect(adj.) conspicuously or obviously offensive(adj.) giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive(adj.) unchanging over time or unable to be changed
1. atrophy
2. dubious
3. flagrant 4. concise
5. immutable
Spelling: 1. immediately 2. immense 3. incidentally 4. indicate 5. indispensable
Vocab: 1. static 2. credulous 3. blasphemy 4. coalesce 5. lax
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Vocab List 28(adj.) lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting.(adj.) having or showing too great a readiness to believe things(n.) the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about god or sacred things(v.) come together and form one mass or whole(adj.) not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.
1. static
2. credulous
3. blasphemy
4. coalesce
5. lax
Spelling: 1. inevitable 2. innocence 3. inquiry 4. insurance 5. intelligence
Vocab: 1. cryptic 2. levity 3. ambivalent 4. innate 5. sycophant
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Vocab List 29(adj.) having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.(n.) humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.(adj.) having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.(adj.) inborn; natural(n.) a person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval
1. cryptic
2. levity
3. ambivalent
4. innate 5. sycophant
Spelling: 1. interfere 2. interpretation 3. interrupt 4. investigation 5. judgment
Vocab: 1. amiable 2. esoteric 3. extraneous 4. incongruous 5. belittle
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Vocab List 30(adj.) having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner(adj.) intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest(adj.) irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with; (adj.) of external origin(adj.) not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something(v.) make (someone or something) seem unimportant
1. amiable
2. esoteric
3. extraneous
4. incongruous
5. belittle