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Vocabulary Builder: Expand Your Word Knowledge with Definitions

Enhance your vocabulary with this list of diverse words and their definitions. From tincture to blasphemy, discover new words to improve your language skills and prepare for quizzes.

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Vocabulary Builder: Expand Your Word Knowledge with Definitions

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  1. ENG IIISATVocabulary List #9 Students are responsible for the: word, part of speech,&definition

  2. 1. Tincture • N • A solution of a medicinal substance (usually in an alcohol based substance)

  3. 2. Abdicate • V • To renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim or responsibility

  4. 3. Zenith • N • A highest point or state; a culmination or a peak

  5. 4.Ebullient • Adj • Overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high- spirited

  6. 5. Cupidity • N • An excessive desire, especially for wealth; avarice or covetousness

  7. 6.Fugacious • Adj • Passing away quickly; ephemeral or lasting a short time

  8. 7. Leeward • Adj • On or toward the side to which the wind is blowing

  9. 8. Talisman • N • An object held to act as a charm to avert evil; a charm to bring good fortune

  10. 9. Harangue • N • A scolding or long verbal attack; a diatribe

  11. 10. Tawdry • Adj • Gaudy, showy and cheap, tacky

  12. 11. Rescind • V • To annul, revoke, or repeal; to take away or remove

  13. 12. Blasphemy • N • An act of cursing or reviling God, a religious holy persons, or holy symbols

  14. The end… But, don’t forget to study the word, the part of speech, & the definition for your next quiz!

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