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1. hallowed

grow or develop skill

completely destroy or wipe out

set apart as holy or sacred

unlucky; unfortunate

2. spurious

false or fake; not genuine

sincerely friendly

discourage from happening; prevent

secretly cooperate in wrongdoing

3. garrulous

peaceful or calming

talkative excessively

unaffected by pain or emotion

previous or coming before

4. infamy

sarcastic or corrosive

highly fertile or productive

statement seeming contradictory but true

notoriety; disgrace

5. repudiate

unspeakable; beyond description

avoiding waste; economical

peculiar to an individual

refuse to accept; reject

6. permeate

shockingly noticeable or obvious

deceptively harmful

standards for judgment

to spread throughout something

7. florid

using up or eating

excessively ornate or decorated

wisdom and good judgment

deep-seated hatred

8. decorous

find out or discover with certainty

proper, tasteful, and polite behavior

bend or change direction of light or sound

strong and resilient

9. atypical

average or within limits

often repeated; unoriginal

not representative of the norm

highly fertile or productive

10. remedial

stubbornly refusing to change

intended to correct or improve

forgiveness of sins or errors

regarded as sacred or inviolable

11. corpulence

obesity or fatness

overwhelm with abundance

rude; disrespectful

person involved in dialogue

12. chide

detailed or complicated in design

annoy; irritate

scold or rebuke

rude or disrespectful

13. oblivious

unaware or forgetful

drive back or reject strongly

aware of

wild and untamed

14. counteract

loss of sensation or consciousness

abundant or plentiful

isolated; narrow-minded

act against or oppose

15. vindicate

clear from suspicion or blame

strong supporter of a cause

excessively eager to please

additional performance at end of show

16. conciliatory

persuade someone not to do something

punish or exact revenge for a wrong

calming or appeasing

impossible to penetrate or affect

17. adumbrate

feeling or expressing great happiness

understood by few; mysterious or secret

outline or foreshadow vaguely

humiliate or degrade someone

18. vacillate

waver between different opinions

second to last in sequence

warn or reprimand firmly

praise insistently to gain favor

19. surfeit

make uneasy or embarrassed

mysterious or difficult to understand

dig out from the ground

an excessive amount of something

20. plenitude

lacking skill or ability

adopt or support

emotionally touching or moving

abundance or large quantity

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. hallowed

2. spurious

3. garrulous

4. infamy

5. repudiate

6. permeate

7. florid

8. decorous

9. atypical

10. remedial

11. corpulence

12. chide

13. oblivious

14. counteract

15. vindicate

16. conciliatory

17. adumbrate

18. vacillate

19. surfeit

20. plenitude

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. hallowed

2. spurious

3. garrulous

4. infamy

5. repudiate

6. permeate

7. florid

8. decorous

9. atypical

10. remedial

11. corpulence

12. chide

13. oblivious

14. counteract

15. vindicate

16. conciliatory

17. adumbrate

18. vacillate

19. surfeit

20. plenitude

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