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1. mollify

official right to invention; obvious

enthusiastically devoted

appease or reduce anger

secret cooperation for deceit

2. philanthropic

support or recommend publicly

rude; disrespectful

concerned with helping others

short statement of a general truth

3. obfuscate

lacking liveliness or interest

morally correct behavior or thinking

evident or obvious

making unclear or unintelligible

4. regurgitate

understand or arrest someone

someone who enjoys eating

to recommend authoritatively

bring swallowed food back to mouth

5. prepossessing

attractive or appealing

based on observation or experience

soothing ointment or balm

show great joy or triumph

6. repulse

cuts or tears in skin or flesh

drive back or reject strongly

wicked or depraved behavior

channel for conveying fluid

7. adept

substance made of two or more parts

worsen or intensify

skillful or proficient at something

cuts or tears in skin or flesh

8. disrepute

refusing to change mind

loss of reputation or respect

lacking meaning; silly

implore or beg earnestly

9. serene

rude or irrelevant

faulty or blameworthy

peaceful, untroubled, calm

a preference or tendency

10. eminent

gradually increasing sound

serving as a typical example

famous and respected in a particular field

a state of rest or peacefulness

11. increment

small increase or addition

perceive or recognize clearly

worsen or intensify

clear and direct; sharply focused

12. caustic

sarcastic or corrosive

relating to letters

scarcity or small amount of something

mentally sharp and perceptive

13. salve

soothing ointment or balm

extreme greed for wealth

small increase or addition

large scholarly book

14. officious

humiliate or degrade someone

open to influence or cooperation

pleasing to senses or mind

meddlesome or interfering

15. trite

come together to form whole

often repeated; unoriginal

lacking seriousness or importance

emitting light

16. cumulative

increasing over time

severe mental or physical pain

small remaining part; trace

involve as necessary part

17. desiccated

thoroughly dried out; lacking vitality

gathering of people

humorously vulgar or indecent

based on mistaken reasoning

18. soluble

completely destroy or wipe out

to obtain or acquire through effort

capable of being dissolved

peaceful, undisturbed, calm

19. elicit

draw out or evoke response

prevent or obstruct

sympathy for loss

highly influential or original

20. petulance

sudden, impatient irritation

praise insistently to gain favor

imitate with the aim of matching

pretending to hold beliefs not held

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. mollify

2. philanthropic

3. obfuscate

4. regurgitate

5. prepossessing

6. repulse

7. adept

8. disrepute

9. serene

10. eminent

11. increment

12. caustic

13. salve

14. officious

15. trite

16. cumulative

17. desiccated

18. soluble

19. elicit

20. petulance

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. mollify

2. philanthropic

3. obfuscate

4. regurgitate

5. prepossessing

6. repulse

7. adept

8. disrepute

9. serene

10. eminent

11. increment

12. caustic

13. salve

14. officious

15. trite

16. cumulative

17. desiccated

18. soluble

19. elicit

20. petulance

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