Modest Proposal Vocab
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Misanthrope
one who hates or mistrusts mankind
Exacerbate
intensify, aggravate
Sustenance
nourishment
Prodigious
enormous, immense
Skeptical
having doubt, questioning
Deplorable
wretched, lamentable
Proficiency
skill
Prolific
abundant production
Shambles
scene of destruction or disorder
Encumbrance
burden, hindrance
Vermin
Disgusting animals (ex. Rats, cockroaches)
Pine
yearn deeply
Digressed
stray from main subject
Tithe
tenth of income as offering to God
Emulate
try to equal or excel; imitate
Enumerate
count one by one
Propagation
spreading, dispersion
Brevity
briefness; shortness of time
Expedient
means to an end; resource
Parsimony
frugality, stinginess
Temperance
self control
Animosity
ill will, enmity
Commodity
something of use, advantage, or value
Inclement
severe, harsh, unkind
Endeavor
strive, attempt, try
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