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Chapter 3 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

Chapter 3 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example. articulate (v/adj). To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words To connect by a joint or joints Expressed clearly; able to employ language clearly and forcefully. cavort (v).

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Chapter 3 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

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  1. Chapter 3 Vocabulary-- write word and part of speech-- write definition-- write example

  2. articulate (v/adj) • To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words • To connect by a joint or joints • Expressed clearly; able to employ language clearly and forcefully

  3. cavort (v) • To romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

  4. credence (n) • Belief; mental acceptance

  5. decry (v) • To condemn, express strong disapproval

  6. dissemble (v) • To disguise or conceal; deliberately give a false impression

  7. distraught (adj) • Very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

  8. eulogy (n) • A formal statement of commendation; high praise

  9. evince (v) • To display clearly, to make evident; to exhibit

  10. exhume (v) • To remove from a grave • To restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; to bring to light

  11. feckless (adj) • Lacking in spirit and strength • Ineffective, weak • Irresponsible and unreliable

  12. murky (adj) • Dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

  13. nefarious (adj) • Wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

  14. piquant (adj) • Stimulating to the taste or mind

  15. primordial (adj) • Developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage • Fundamental, basic

  16. propinquity (n) • Nearness in place or time; kinship

  17. unwonted (adj) • Not usual or expected; not in character

  18. utopian (adj) • Founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

  19. verbiage (n) • Language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content • Wordiness

  20. verdant (adj) • Green in tint or color • Immature in experience or judgment

  21. viscous (adj) • Having a gluey quality • Lacking in easy movement or fluidity

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