Vocabulary 19 ABASH V TO MAKE UNEASY OR ASHAMED TO EMBARRASS ALLURE N CHARM V TO FASCINATE TO TEMPT WITH SOMETHING DESIRABLE AUSPICIOUS ADJ MARKED BY SIGNS OF SUCCESS OR GOOD FORTUNE FAVORABLE ID: 765858
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Vocabulary 19
ABASH (V) TO MAKE UNEASY OR ASHAMED; TO EMBARRASS
ALLURE (N) CHARM; (V) TO FASCINATE; TO TEMPT WITH SOMETHING DESIRABLE
AUSPICIOUS (ADJ) MARKED BY SIGNS OF SUCCESS OR GOOD FORTUNE; FAVORABLE
DEFERENCE (N) YIELDING IN JUDGMENT, OPINION, OR WISHES TO ANOTHER; COURTEOUS RESPECT
DEMEANOR (N) OUTWARD BEHAVIOR; MANNER OF CONDUCT; BEARING
GUISE (N) OUTWARD APPEARANCE; A COSTUME; A STYLE OR DRESS
IMMEMORIAL (ADJ) REACHING BACK BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF MEMORY; EXTREMELY OLD
INTEGRAL (ADJ) PERTAINING TO A PART OF THE WHOLE; COMPLETE; ESSENTIAL
PURPORT (V) TO CLAIM TO BE OR DO SOMETHING; (N) THE APPARENT PURPOSE OF MAIN IDEA OF SOMETHING
SYNDICATE (N) A GROUP OF PERSONS OR COMPANIES UNITED TO CARRY OUT SOME ENTERPRISE OR BUSINESS; (V) TO FORM SUCH AN ASSOCIATION
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ARBITRARY (ADJ) BASED ON ONE’S OWN WISHES; NOT FIXED BY RULES; ABSOLUTE
BROWBEAT (V) TO FRIGHTEN WITH A STERN MANNER OF HARSH WORDS; TO BULLY
BUREAUCRACY (N) THE COLLECTION OF DEPARTMENTS OF APPOINTED OFFICIALS THROUGH WHICH A GOVERNMENT IS RUN; INFLEXIBLE GOVERNMENTAL PROCEDURES
CONTRABAND (N) SMUGGLED GOODS
INANE (ADJ) SENSELESS; POINTLESS; STUPID
POLITIC (ADJ) WISE IN LOOKING OUT FOR ONE’S OWN INTERESTS; PRUDENT; SHREWD
PREMEDITATED (ADJ) PLANNED OR PLOTTED; CLOSELY CONSIDERED BEFOREHAND; DELIBERATE
PROXY (N) A PERSON WHO IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ACT OR STAND IN FOR ANOTHER; WRITTEN PROOF OF SUCH AUTHORITY
SCAPEGOAT (N) A PERSON OR THING WHO TAKES THE BLAME FOR THE MISTAKES OR CRIMES OF OTHERS
TRANSIENT (ADJ) LASTING OR USED FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY; NOT PERMANENT; FLEETING (N) A PERSON OR THING THAT HAS NO SETTLED PLACE