200 Words Every 12th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 3

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  1. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  2. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  3. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  4. divergent
    tending to move apart in different directions
  5. extenuating
    partially excusing or justifying
  6. impute
    attribute or credit to
  7. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  8. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  9. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  10. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  11. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  12. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  13. rouse
    cause to become awake or conscious
  14. solitude
    a state of social isolation
  15. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  16. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  17. trifling
    not worth considering
  18. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  19. ultimatum
    a final peremptory demand
  20. unerring
    always accurate or correct
Created on Wed Aug 23 13:51:21 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 13:37:35 EDT 2023)

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