#3 Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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<p>affinity</p>
n) natural attraction to a person or liking for a thing.
Harvey’s affinity for math led him to excel in our computer course.
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<p>assuage</p>
v) to calm or soothe; to satisfy.
Mother hastened to the bedroom to assuage Beth’s fear of the dark.
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<p>chronic</p>
adj) lasting a long time; constant; habitual.
When Dad’s cough became chronic, we coaxed him into getting a chest x-ray.
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<p>distraught</p>
adj) in a state of mental conflict and confusion; distracted.
Ophelia’s distraught brother flung himself into her grave and uttered a challenge to Hamlet.
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<p>garrulous</p>
adj) talkative; wordy.
The garrulous baseball manager embellished his stories to make them more interesting for the press.
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<p>levity</p>
n) lightness in tone; not serious.
Levity can ease the strain of a tense moment between friends.
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<p>prodigious</p>
(adj) enormous; immense; extraordinary.
There was a prodigious outpouring of sympathy from the entire community for the bereaved family.
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<p>skeptical</p>
(adj) not easily persuaded or convinced; doubting; incredulous; unbelieving.
We should be skeptical if we are promised something for nothing.
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<p>tirade</p>
(n) a long, angry or scolding speech; a harangue; a chastisement.
Senator Jones yelled at his opponent in a tirade that included every fault and weakness he could think of.
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<p>whet</p>
(v) to sharpen; to make stronger; to stimulate.
Telling Marge one secret will only whet her appetite for more.
