Grades 12+ (WVI 5)
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asperity harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner.
caste the status conferred by the class to which one belongs.
glabrous having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth.
heinous extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious.
indurate to make hard in texture; harden.
kibbutz an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there.
lattice a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden.
minatory presenting a threat; menacing.
perquisite a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position.
precursory coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory.
proselytize to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion.
recidivism chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse.
reprisal injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge.
sanguine having an optimistic temperament or outlook.
shunt to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert.