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Vocab 5

Vocab 5. approbation (n) benighted ( adj ) bourgeois (n or adj ) credo (n) empirical ( adj ). Vocab 5. eschew (v) expatiate (v) iconoclast (n) indigence ( n) laudable ( adj ). Vocab 5. 11. mandate (v) 12. ostensible ( adj ) 13. recalcitrant ( adj ) 14. regurgitate (v)

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Vocab 5

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  1. Vocab 5 • approbation (n) • benighted (adj) • bourgeois (n or adj) • credo (n) • empirical (adj)

  2. Vocab 5 • eschew (v) • expatiate (v) • iconoclast (n) • indigence (n) • laudable (adj)

  3. Vocab 5 11. mandate (v) 12. ostensible (adj) 13. recalcitrant (adj) 14. regurgitate (v) 15. risible (adj)

  4. Vocab 5 • approbation (n) an expression of approvals; praise • benighted (adj) existing in a state of moral, cultural, or intellectual darkness

  5. bourgeois ( n or adj) n = middle class or member of the middle class adj= very concerned with the middle class 4. credo (n) a strongly held belief; a guide to one’s actions

  6. empirical (adj) based on experience or observation as opposed to theory • eschew (v) to stay away from; to shun, especially on practical or moral grounds

  7. expatiate (v) to speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon • iconoclast (n) one who attacks established beliefs, customs or institutions

  8. indigence (n) an extreme level of poverty • laudable (adj) praiseworthy • mandate (v) to require or order

  9. 12. ostensible (adj) only seemingly so; apparent 13. recalcitrant (adj) unwilling to accept authority; stubbornly defiant

  10. regurgitate (v) • to expel (partially digested food) from the stomach • to repeat mindlessly what one has learned 15. risible (adj) provoking or causing laughter

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