Vocab List 10

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Abstracted

removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind

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Adulation

extreme praise or admiration

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Adversity

misfortune, unfavorable happening

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Burgeon

to sprout, to newly emerge

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Chimera

a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination

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Culpable

deserving blame; guilty

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Decadent

decaying

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Entreaty

a plea, an earnest request

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Fatuous

foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane

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Humane

kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate

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Indulgent

lenient, especially toward oneself

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Ineptness

lack of competence or judgment

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Ingrate

an ungrateful person

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Inundate

to flood, to overflow

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Miser

one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money

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Nefarious

extremely wicked, evil, vicious

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Prattle

meaningless sounds, babble

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Predilection

preference

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Procrastinate

to defer action; to delay

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Stoic

a stoical person; not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive

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Suffrage

right to vote

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Summon

to call together, to send for or to request to appear

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Transparent

quality of being able to be seen through, clear

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Turbulence

wild or disturbing activity

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Viable

capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately

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