English Vocab List #7

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14 Terms

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Accost

To apporch with agreeing, question, or remark

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2

Recalcitrant

Resisting authority; hard to deal with

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3

Modicum

A moderate amount

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4

Licentious

Lawless; immoral

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5

Compunction

A feeling of uneasiness for doing something wrong

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6

Didactic

Inclined to teach or lecture too much

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7

Vilify

To speak ill of; to defame; to slander

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8

Covet

To desire something wrongfully or eagerly

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9

Stolid

Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional

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10

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but it true

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11

Irony

A surprising, interesting, or amusing contradiction

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12

Hyperbole

A deliberate exaggeration, or overstatement

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13

Whose

possessive

Whose shoes are those?

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14

Who’s

Who is

Who’s going to the concert with Ben?

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