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VOCABULARY LIST 1

obscure – unclear; clouded; partially hidden; hard to understand discriminate – to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference temperate – moderate; restrained inevitable – unavoidable; bound to happen futile – hopeless; without effect servile – submissive and subservient; like a servant anarchy – absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

Vocabulary List 2

discord – disagreement (the opposite of concord) repudiate – to reject; deny lucid – clear; easy to understand dispassionate – without passion; objective; neutral advocate – to speak in favor of; to support profound – deep; insightful (the opposite of superficial) dissent – disagreement

Vocabulary List 3

profuse – flowing; extravagant belligerent – combative; quarrelsome; waging war censure – to condemn severely for doing something bad neutral – unbiased; not taking sides; objective repress – to hold down articulate – speaking clearly and well atrophy – to waste away from lack of use

Vocabulary List 4

dubious – doubtful; uncertain concise – brief and to the point; succinct blasphemy – irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity coalesce – to come together as one; to unite extraneous – irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant incongruous – not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate sage – wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learning

Vocabulary List 5

predecessor – someone or something that came before another remorse – sadness; regret scrupulous – strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons idiom – a peculiar expression virtuoso – masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field animosity – resentment; hostility; ill will bastion – stronghold; fortress; fortified place