week 12 vocab

kyndel P.
disceetly
elusive
ponderous
squalor
traverse
essence
inceessantly
shirk
stupified
tempering
amicable
animosity
assiduously
averse
cajole
churlish
cultivate
dastardly
impotently
infatuated
infernal
isolence
quell
unfathomable
vindicate
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  1. disceetly
  2. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  3. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  4. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  5. traverse
    journey across or pass over
  6. essence
    the choicest or most vital part of some idea or experience
  7. inceessantly
  8. shirk
    avoid one's assigned duties
  9. stupified
  10. tempering
    moderating by making more temperate
  11. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  12. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  13. assiduously
    with care and persistence
  14. averse
    strongly opposed
  15. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  16. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  17. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  18. dastardly
    extremely wicked
  19. impotently
    in a helpless manner
  20. infatuated
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
  21. infernal
    characteristic of or resembling Hell
  22. isolence
  23. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  24. unfathomable
    impossible to come to understand
  25. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
Created on Sat Sep 10 14:16:40 EDT 2011 (updated Sat Sep 10 14:16:51 EDT 2011)

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