Vocabulary IX

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monumental

impressively large

statute

smallness of number; fewness

not immediately obvious

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paucity

stubborn

widespread

to calm in temper or feeling; soothe

smallness of number; fewness

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auspicious

smallness of number

favorable

impressively large

discouraging

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iniquity

to guess based on incomplete evidence

to clear from blame

gross immorality or injustice; wickedness; sin

to express strong disapproval of

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renaissance

tending to provoke a reaction

self-generated; creative

a rebirth or revival

a place of refuge

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exonerate

to enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering

to clear from blame

fatal injury or ruin

favorable

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synthetic

not natural

organic

natural

fear

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conjecture

a guess based on incomplete evidence

a spectacular public display

skillfulto clear from blame

a superabundance

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fanfare

a spectacular public display

hard to detect

a party

to seek favor or attention by flattery

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envelop

to be a typical example of

affordable

extremely small in size; tiny

to enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering

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lethargic

the capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life

sluggish, preferring inactivity, lacking energy

erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability

smallness in number

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condemn

to support with proof or evidence

to express strong disapproval of

verify

not immediately obvious

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bane

sluggish

daunting

easily changed

fatal injury or ruin

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malleable

easily changed and controlled by other forces

hard to track

causing shock or horror

to enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering

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substantiate

to support with proof or evidnece; verify

affected by vertigo; dizzy

wordy

bitter hostility; cruel behavior

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avarice

to support

favorable

greed

friendly

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predation

not natural

to flood

to call on

the capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life

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satricical

a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds

relating to a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit

a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature

extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech

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subtle

arrogant; domineering; not gracious

untalkative; silent

not immediately obvious; abstruse

not natural

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longevity

not natural

irritable

stiffness

living to an old age