Vocabulary Power Plus for SAT/ACT - Book 3 - Lesson Twelve

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halcyon

calm; pleasant

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fastidious

hard to please; fussy

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badinage

playful, teasing talk

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malapropism

a word humorously misused

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garner

to gather; to acquire

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kismet

destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)

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hegira

flight; escape

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paradigm

a model; an example

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debauchery

corruption; self-indulgence

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milieu

environment; setting

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regress

to move backward

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bilious

bad tempered; cross

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necromancy

magic, especially that practiced by a witch

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gumption

courage and initiative; common sense

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blandishment

flattery