Vocab Test: 4-28-15 Flashcards
1
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Propitious
A
Presenting favorable conditions
2
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Pyre
A
A pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
3
Q
Rebuff
A
A blunt or abrupt rejection
4
Q
Recapitulate
A
To review by brief summary
5
Q
Replete
A
Abundantly supplied or provided; filled.
6
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Reprobate
A
A wicked person
7
Q
Reticence
A
The state of being reserved; restraint
8
Q
Scintillate
A
To emit sparks
9
Q
Sequester
A
To remove or withdraw into solitude
10
Q
Satiate
A
To supply with anything to excess as to disgust or weary
11
Q
Semblance
A
Outward aspect or appearance. Unreliable; not true
12
Q
Swarthy
A
Dark skin color or complexion
13
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Tangent
A
In immediate physical contact; touching
14
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Tenet
A
Any opinion, principle, doctrine, etc. held by a group or movement
15
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Underhanded
A
Not open; secret and crafty or dishonorable
