English II Vocab Set #3

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Audacity

a willingness to take bold risks

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Banal

so lacking in originality as to be obvious or boring

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3

Corroborate

confirm or give support to

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Deceptive

giving an appearance or impression different from the truth

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5

Disseminate

spread (something, especially information) widely

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Emulate

to match or surpass (a person or achievement) especially by imitation

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Furtive

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt

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Guile

sly or cunning intelligence

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Gullible

easily persuaded to believe something

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Irascible

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

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Jocular

fond of or characterized by joking

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12

Jovial

cheerful and friendly

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13

Laborious

requiring considerable effort and time

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14

Macabre

disturbing or horrifying because of depiction of death

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Machination

a scheming or crafty action intended to accomplish evil

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Nascent

beginning to display signs of future potential

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Sedition

inciting people to rebel against authority

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Specious

superficially plausible but actually wrong

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Spurious

not being what it purports to be; false; fake

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Tawdry

showy but of cheap and poor quality

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