GED: Reasoning Through the Language Arts Test: Essential Academic Vocabulary, List 9

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  1. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  2. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  3. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  4. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  5. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  6. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  7. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
  8. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  9. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  10. static
    not in physical motion
Created on Tue Jun 10 12:25:53 EDT 2025

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