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Vocabulary Lesson 12

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  • what does hover mean?
    remain in one place in the air; linger hesitantly close at hand
  • what does preclude mean?
    prevent from happening; make impossible
  • what does libel mean?
    a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; to defame someone by publishing a libel
  • what does revert mean?
    return to a previous state or topic; go back
  • what does eligible mean?
    having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions
  • what does adage mean?
    a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth
  • what does circumspect mean?
    wary and unwilling to take risks
  • what does efface mean?
    erase a mark from a surface; make oneself appear inconspicuous
  • what does discordant mean?
    disagreeing or incongruous; contradictory
  • what does churlish mean?
    rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
  • what does salvage mean?
    rescue, retrieve or preserve something from potential loss; the rescue of cargo from loss at sea
  • what does servile mean?
    having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
  • what does ban mean?
    officially or legally prohibit or exclude; an official or legal prohibition
  • what does obsolete mean?
    no longer produced or used; out of date
  • what does acknowledge mean?
    accept or admit the existence, truth, or importance of
  • what does admonish mean?
    warn or reprimand someone firmly or earnestly
  • what does unbridled mean?
    uncontrolled; unconstrained
  • what does relinquish mean?
    voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up
  • what does opinionated mean?
    conceitedly assertive and dogmatic in one's opinions
  • what does belligerent mean?
    hostile and aggressive
  • what does tentative mean?
    not certain or fixed; provisional; done without confidence; hesitant
  • what does brigand mean?
    a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains
  • what does attribute mean?
    ascribe a work, remark, or effect to someone; a characteristic of someone or something
  • what does citadel mean?
    a fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city
  • what does dilemma mean?
    a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially undesirable ones
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