Frederick Douglass Vocabulary ch. 1-7

sufficient

I am not too hungry, so this salad will be sufficient.

• describing a quantity that is more than necessary; being excessive

• describing a quantity that can fulfill a need without being abundant; being enough

• describing a quantity that is not enough; being inadequate

• describing a quantity that is not related to the need; being irrelevant

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insensible

Jake was insensible of the consequences of procrastinating on his research project.

• cognizant of

• unaware of indifferent to

• sympathetic to

• responsive to

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Impertinent

• to; rumble

• rude; lacking respect

• specialize technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

• to think of or develop an idea

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Conceive

• to think of or develop an idea

• rude; lacking respect

• showing great excitement or happiness

• to echo; rumble

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tedious

Several people left halfway through the salesman's tedious predictable demonstration.

• Interesting, short, and fast

• Exciting, lengthy, and quick

• boring, long, and slow

• Engaging, lengthy, and sluggish

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vindication

The success of this program is vindication of all of the professors' and students' hard work.

• The failure of this program is a sign of laziness of the professors and students.

• The success of this program is a result of luck.

• The success of this program is a result of outside influence.

• proof or confirmation that someone or something is right or justified.

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