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Book 9 · High school I
Chapter 5 · List 5 · Enduring ideas
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callow (adj)
Inexperienced; immature.
cynical (adj)
Believing the worst of motives.
despot (n)
A tyrannical ruler.
enunciate (v)
To pronounce clearly.
impediment (n)
A hindrance.
impoverish (v)
To make poor.
indolent (adj)
Lazy.
sagacious (adj)
Wise; shrewd.
secular (adj)
Not religious.
speculate (v)
To form a theory; to invest at risk.
strife (n)
Conflict; fighting.
venerate (v)
To revere.
voracious (adj)
Insatiably hungry.
wane (v)
To grow gradually less.
winsome (adj)
Charming.