TTTC Vocab 2

Question 0

beseech

Answer 0

to address an earnest or urgent, request to

Question 1

exigent

Answer 1

requiring immediate attention or remedy

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facile

Answer 2

done or achieved with little effort; easy

Question 3

acuity

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acuteness of perception; keenness

Question 4

rebuke

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to criticize or reprimand sharply

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aspersion

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a damaging or false statement

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imperious

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arrogantly domineering or overbearing

Question 7

blandishment

Answer 7

the act of coaxing by flattery

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incompetent

Answer 8

not capable; not well qualified

Question 9

consummate

Answer 9

supremely accomplished or skilled

Question 10

scurrilous

Answer 10

using or expressed in vulgar lanuage

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deprecate

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to express disapproval of

Question 12

injunction

Answer 12

a command, directive, or order

Question 13

cajole

Answer 13

to coax gently and persistently

Question 14

inept

Answer 14

awkward or clumsy

Question 15

cunning

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sill or adeptness in performance

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spurn

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to reject or refuse disdainfully

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deride

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to laugh at in scorn

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mendicant

Answer 18

a beggar

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elicit

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to bring out; evoke

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proficient

Answer 20

performing a skill with facility

Question 21

deft

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skillful; adroit

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vitriolic

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bitterly severe; harsh; sharp

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exercrable

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extremely inferior; very bad

Question 24

query

Answer 24

a question; inquiry

Question 25

enjoin

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to direct with authority and emphasis

Question 26

propensity

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an innate inclination; tendency

Question 27

endowment

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a natural gift or quality

Question 28

vituperation

Answer 28

sustained and bitter attack

Question 29

ostracize

Answer 29

to banish or exclude from a group