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1. catalog

sullen or gloomy

a preference or tendency

organized list or collection

bubbly, lively, or spirited

2. acumen

person opposing authority or government

take over illegally or by force

experienced through someone else

keen insight or shrewdness

3. emote

making coarse or abusive comments

express emotion

primarily sitting or inactive

highly decorated or elaborate

4. staid

boredom or dissatisfaction

mental calmness and composure

feeling or expressing great happiness

serious, respectable, and unemotional

5. vapid

impossible to stop or prevent

lacking liveliness or interest

filled or well-supplied with something

total destruction or ruin

6. appraise

evaluate or assess value

self-satisfaction weakness

a person involved in a lawsuit

thick and sticky in consistency

7. didactic

intended to teach or instruct

calm and unemotional

official right to invention; obvious

bring about or accelerate a process

8. venerate

charitable generosity

give voting rights

self-denial or renunciation

regard with deep respect

9. bard

poet or singer, especially of epic poetry

extremely hot or scorching

unable to be taken or broken into

organized list or collection

10. vindictive

curse or slander

drive away or scatter; make vanish

having a revengeful nature

continuous; never stopping

11. vindicate

greeting or expression of respect

clear from suspicion or blame

habitually practicing

express sharp disapproval or criticism

12. disperse

decayed or rotting; foul-smelling

confirm or support with evidence

spoil or desecrate; make dirty or unclean

scatter in different directions

13. palliate

gradual introduction; soaking

assign or entrust to another; representative

to ease or relieve without curing

hidden or secret

14. discretion

to suppress or put an end to

notoriety; disgrace

excessively high or unreasonable

cautious judgment or tact

15. defamatory

walkway between rows

damaging reputation; slanderous

unhappy with authority or system

without definite shape or form

16. elated

practical and functional

ecstatically happy or proud

person involved in dialogue

surrender or give in

17. surreptitious

understood without being openly spoken

device for pairing animals; burden

secretive or stealthy

self-denial or renunciation

18. mollify

able to hold much; spacious

appease or reduce anger

to carry out or execute

scatter in different directions

19. pernicious

quick and superficial

highly harmful or destructive

agree or give consent to

lacking intelligence or sense

20. condolence

perceive or recognize clearly

gentle breeze

sympathy for loss

introduce new ideas or methods

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. catalog

2. acumen

3. emote

4. staid

5. vapid

6. appraise

7. didactic

8. venerate

9. bard

10. vindictive

11. vindicate

12. disperse

13. palliate

14. discretion

15. defamatory

16. elated

17. surreptitious

18. mollify

19. pernicious

20. condolence

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. catalog

2. acumen

3. emote

4. staid

5. vapid

6. appraise

7. didactic

8. venerate

9. bard

10. vindictive

11. vindicate

12. disperse

13. palliate

14. discretion

15. defamatory

16. elated

17. surreptitious

18. mollify

19. pernicious

20. condolence

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