Week 15 Vocabulary Review

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What does 'ingenious' mean?

Back

showing inventiveness and skill

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What does 'subside' mean?

Back

sink down or precipitate

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What does 'wispy' mean?

Back

thin and weak

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What does 'juvenile' mean?

Back

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

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What does 'smug' mean?

Back

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

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What is the meaning of 'taut'?

Back

stretched or pulled tight; not slack

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What does 'precipitate' mean in a non-scientific context?

Back

to cause something to happen suddenly or unexpectedly

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Define 'complacency'.

Back

a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

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What does 'bewildering' mean?

Back

causing confusion or puzzlement

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What does 'harsh' mean?

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unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses