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Vocab For Accuplacer - Reading Comprehension – Q&A
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Vocab For Accuplacer - Reading Comprehension – Q&Aabashed - ✔️ feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
accolade - ✔️ a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
aesthete - ✔️ one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and
nature
ambiguously - ✔️ in an ambiguous manner (ambiguous=Open to more
than one interpretation; having a double meaning.)
anarchy - ✔️ a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a
failure of government)
aphorism - ✔️ a short pithy instructive saying (pithy=brief, to the point)
austerity - ✔️ the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from
worldly pleasures)
automaton - ✔️ someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or
apathetic way
bantam - ✔️ a small but aggressive person;
blitzkrieg - ✔️ a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial
bombardment
Bolshevik - ✔️ emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme
radicals or revolutionaries
cacophony - ✔️ a loud harsh or strident noise
candid - ✔️ characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion
clodhopper - ✔️ a thick and heavy shoe, (n.) a clumsy country person; a
bumpkin; big heavy shoes
, connive - ✔️ encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
conspiratorial - ✔️ relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or
conspirators, planning acting together secretly; in a plotting manner
consternation - ✔️ fear resulting from the awareness of danger
contentious - ✔️ inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree,
even to engage in law suits
contretemps - ✔️ an embarrassing mischance
discernible - ✔️ perceptible by the senses or intellect
dowager - ✔️ a widow holding property received from her deceased
husband
eloquence - ✔️ powerful and effective language
encumbrance - ✔️ an onerous or difficult concern
enmity - ✔️ a state of deep-seated ill-will
erratic - ✔️ liable to sudden unpredictable change
fey - ✔️ slightly insane
foreboding - ✔️ a feeling of evil to come
fratricide - ✔️ a person who murders their brother or sister
funereal - ✔️ suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
furlough - ✔️ a temporary leave of absence from military duty
futility - ✔️ uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
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