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English 12 Vocab 14
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English 12 Vocab 14
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Precarious
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1. not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse
- a precarious ladder. 2 dependent on chance; uncertain -she made a precarious living by writing. |
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Vapid
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offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
-tuneful but vapid musical comedies. |
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Corpulent
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(of a person) fat.
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Redress
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remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation)
-the power to redress the grievances of our citizens. |
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Efface
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erase (a mark) from a surface :
-with time, the words are effaced by the frost and the rain |
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Salient
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most noticeable or important :
-it succinctly covered all the salient points of the case. |
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Blighted
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a thing that spoils or damages something :
-her remorse could be a blight on that happiness. |
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Throtled
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to kill or put an end to
-he revolution has throttled the free exchange of information and opinion. or a throttle in a car |