vocab 12
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| 294439381 | narcissism | excessive self-love absorption in oneself; egotism, conceit, vanity, amour-propre | |
| 294439382 | labyrinth | a bewildering maze, any confusing or complicated situation; a mystery; an enigma | |
| 294439383 | augur | a prophet or seer; to predict foreshadow | |
| 294439384 | impinge | to strike against or collide with violently, to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon; horn in; affect | |
| 294439385 | apposite | appropriate, suitable, apt; relevant; pertinent; material; germane | |
| 294439386 | niggardly | stingy, meanly small or insufficient; tightfisted; mean | |
| 294439387 | execrable | utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior; odious, abominable, reprehensible | |
| 294439388 | bilk | to defraud, cheat, or swindle, to evade payment of, to frustrate; dupe, swindle, cozen | |
| 294439389 | charisma | the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; charm, magnetism, mystique | |
| 294439390 | debilitate | to make weak or feeble; enervate, sap | |
| 294439391 | vagary | an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence or notion; caprice, whim, quirk | |
| 294439392 | zealot | a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower | |
| 294439393 | xenophobia | undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange | |
| 294439394 | vacuous | devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless; inane, insipid, fatuous; void, empty | |
| 294439395 | viable | capable of living or developing under normal circumstances; feasible, practicable, workable | |
| 294439396 | zany | clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre or ludicrous way; one who plays the clown; daffy, a buffoon | |
| 294439397 | rapport | a close or harmonious relationship; bond, tie, affinity, close understanding | |
| 294439398 | pastiche | a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge, medley, patchwork, melange, potpourri | |
| 294439399 | utilitarian | stressing practicality over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined by its usefulness, pragmatic, functional | |
| 294439400 | precarious | very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky; perilous, dubious, ticklish |