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What is repulsion?
Desire to aviod; disgust
What is aptitude?
Skill or suitability for
What does formative mean?
Occuring at the time of most influence
What does abstain mean?
To not do something; refrain
What's sustain?
To support for an extended period of time
What does infantile mean
Childish; imature
What does improvise mean
to create without any forethougt or preparation
What does disposition mean?
Attitude or mood
What's an agenda
a plan of action; purpose
What does inept mean?
Unskilled; clumsy
What's belligerence?
Warlike mood or attitude
What's a bibliophile
One who loves book
What's an allegation?
a claim or asseration that someone has done something wrong or illegal
What does cordial mean?
warmly friendly and polite
What does abjure mean?
To swear off; renounce
What is perjury
Breaking of a legal oath
What does rapt mean?
Giving total attention to; captivated
What does indomitable mean?
Unbeatable; resilient
What is a precept mean?
An idea important to a system of beliefs
What does theocracy mean?
Government by a religous leader of figure
What does prologue mean?
A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event
What does matriculate mean?
To enroll in a degree program, especially at a college
What does expatriate mean?
A person living outside his or her native country
What is a genealogy?
the study of families and descendants
What's a revival
The act or process of bringing back to life
What does relative mean?
Dependent upon
What's an effigy?
A figure constructed in mockery
What does phosphorescent mean
Giving off light without heat
What does photogenic mean?
Attractive in pictures or photgraphs
What's an edict?
An offical order
What's a specter
A ghost or a phantom
What's a pronouncement?
A declaration of opinion; judgement
What's a prologue
A speech, passage or event coming before the main speech or event
What does bellicose mean?
warlike in nature
What is a philanthrophy?
a charitable donation to public causes
What does inaudible mean?
So quiet as to be impossible to hear
What does analgous?
Comparable to; like
What does equitable mean?
fair; just
What does alleviate mean?
To make less painful or dangerous
What's an incision?
A cut made in oreder to get inside something
What does dissemble mean?
to conceal the truth; deceive
What does metaphorical mean?
Symbolic rather than literal
What does sophisticate mean?
one well-traveld and knowledgeable about culture, etuutte and/or fashion
What is an antibiotic?
Causing the death of living organisms, especiallty harmful ones.
What does indecisive mean?
Unable to make choices
What does antebellum mean?
occuring before a war
What does patronize mean?
1. To regularly visit or give business to
2. To talk down to; condescend
What does miniscule mean?
tiny
What doe progenitor mean?
The founder of a line or race
What does immortalized mean?
to preserve in memory forever
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