Vocabulary 15

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English 2 Adv

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apathy

a lack of concern of feeling; noun

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bane, baneful

a source of harm or destruction; noun

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commensurate

equal; adjective

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complacency

the state of being self-satisfied; noun

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cryptic

mysterious; adjective

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desultory

jumping around, aimless, random; adjective

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dexterous

skillful with the hands, manually adroit; adjective

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dissipation

wasteful spending, squandering; noun

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dour

sullen, stern, harsh; adjective

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equivocal

ambiguous (usually intended to mislead); adjective

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espousing

marrying, giving one’s loyalty, adopting or embracing a cause; verb

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hedonist

one who seeks pleasure as the sole aim in life; noun

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indefatigable

tireless, incapable of being fatigued; adjective

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mutability

the degree to which something is subject and likely to change; adjective

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parochial

limited in range or scope, narrow, provincial, biased; adjective

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penchant

a strong inclination; noun

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peripheral

on the edge, not important; adjective

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replete

filled to capacity, abundantly supplied; adjective

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respite

a rest, a delay, a period of relief; noun

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sluggard

a person who is chronically lazy; noun

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