Vocab List #8: The Bluest Eye

Question 0

Curtail

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(v-with object) To cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish

Question 1

Bashful

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(adj) Uncomfortable diffident and easily embarassed; shy; timid.
indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness

Question 2

Infirmity

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(n) a physical weakness or ailment.

Quality or state of being infirm; lack of strength. A moral weakness or failing

Question 3

Industrious

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(adj) Woking energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent.

Question 4

Revel

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(v-with object) To take great pleasure of or delight.
To make merry; indulge in boisterous festivities
(n) Merrymaking or festivity. An occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity with dancing, masking, etc.

Question 5

Antipathy

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(n) A natural, or basic or habitual repugnance;

Do not have feelings; Tries to avoid it.

Question 6

Slovenly

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(adj) Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.

(adv) In an untidy, careless, or slipshod manner

Question 7

Mar

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(v-with object) To damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc. impair or spoil.
to disfigure, deface, or scar

Question 8

Tenacity

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(n) The quality o property of being tenacious
(adj) holding fast, characterized by keeping a firm hold
Stubborn. Viscous. Holding together. Not easily pulled asunder; tough.

Question 9

Poignant

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(adj) Keenly distressing to the feelings. Keen or strong in mental appeal.
Affecting or moving the emotions. Pungent to the smell

Question 10

Futile

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(Adj) incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless;
unimportant

Question 11

Hone

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(v-with object) To make more acute or effective; improve; perfect

Question 12

Affinity

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(n) a natural liking for or an attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
The phylogenic relationship between two organisms or groups of organisms resulting in a resemblance in general plan or structure or in the essential structural parts

Question 13

Aboriginal

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(adj) Original or earliest known; native; indigenous

Question 14

Imbibe

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(v-with object) To consume by drinking.
To absorb or soak up.
To take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like.
(v-w/o object) to drink. to absorb liquid or moisture.

Question 15

Supercilious

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(adj) Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous; snobby, overbearing.

Question 16

Altrustic

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(Adj) unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

Question 17

Cache

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(n) A hiding place, especially one in the ground, for food, treasures, etc. Anything so hidde.
(v-with object) To put in a cache, conceal. hide

Question 18

Novel

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(adj) of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before

Question 19

Capricious

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(adj) Subject to, led by, or indicative or a sudden, old notion or unpredictable change; erratic