Vocab 13

aversion
- a
- strong or fixed dislike; antipathy
cache
- hiding
- place; something hidden in a secret place
eulogy
- high
- praise for a deceased person
gratuitous
- freely
- given; unnecessary; uncalled‑for
hyperbole
- an
- exaggerated statement used as a figure of speech for rhetorical effect
incontrovertible
- not
- able to be disputed or denied
indolence
- dislike
- of work, laziness; idleness
labyrinth

a maze
metamorphosis
- a
- change in form, structure or substance; transformation
nymphomania
- abnormal
- and uncontrollable desire by a woman for sex
orient
- to
- arrange in accordance with a direction
perspicuous
- clear;
- easily understood; lucid
peruse
- to
- study; to read
relic
- a
- thing or part that remains from the past; something kept as sacred because it
- belonged to a saint
urbane

courteous; suave; polished

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Vocab 13

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vocab 13

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