Words in this exercise:
Word | Meaning |
Acquiesce |
accept something reluctantly but without protest.
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Connote | (of a word) imply or suggest (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal or primary meaning. |
Convalesce | recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness |
Diacritical | serving to indicate different pronunciations of a letter above or below which it is written. |
Pallid |
(of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.
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Reprove | reprimand (someone). |
Rhetorical | expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress. |
Serendipity | the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. |
Tacit | understood or implied without being stated. |
Truculent | eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant. |
Vicarious | experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. |
Vociferous | expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful. |