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Enhance your vocabulary with this engaging quiz covering essential advanced words, including "facetious," "exacerbate," and "volatile." Explore the meanings and usage of terms like "uncouth" (crude or clumsy), "brawn" (muscular strength), and "permeate" (to spread throughout). Understand concepts such as "duplicity" (deceit) and "repudiate" (to reject), while also exploring emotional states like "morose" (melancholy). Dive into language that incites thought, such as "instigate" (to urge) and "luminous" (emitting light), and discover the significance of "orthodox" (traditional).
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Vocabulary set #8 QUIZ 5/14 & 5/15
FACETIOUS – not serious, humorous statement • EXACERBATE - to make matters worse, to annoy, to try one’s patience. • VOLATILE – unstable, explosive, quick to evaporate • UNCOUTH – to be crude or clumsy
BRAWN – muscular, bulk • PERMEATE - to spread throughout • DUPLICITY – contradiction, deceit, sneakiness • REPUDIATE – to deny or reject • MOROSE – depressed, melancholy in nature or disposition
INSTIGATE – to cause to happen, urge, incite • LUMINOUS – emitting light, enlightened • ORTHODOX – conventional, adhering to traditional ways