Vocab Surge

Astute

• hidden

• wise

• gruesome

• strange

Dissonance

• discord

• consent

• gap

• impending

Cataclysm

• an event resulting in great loss

• longing for the past

• having insight

• lacking in strength

Blandishment

• admiration

• surge back

• flattery

• yielding

Expurgate

• remove offensive parts of a book

• clear from blame

• behaving like a slave

• announce with great approval

Supercilious

• arrogant

• abusive

• short-lived

• rebellious

Avid

• greedy

• dispute

• growing

• fault

Perspicacious

• not essential

• mentally quick

• flabby

• having insight

Curtail

• shorten

• illogical

• harmful

• hint

Culmination

• climax

• worn-out expression

• an act of yielding

• filled with doubtx