Grades 12+ (WVI 5)
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animus a feeling or attitude of enmity.
apropos appropriate; relevant; opportune.
convoluted complex; intricate.
discountenance to embarrass or disconcert.
elide to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation.
entreat to beg (someone) for something, or to beg (someone) to do something.
exegesis a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts.
extirpate to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out.
garble to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible.
indulgent gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness.
intelligentsia the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class.
penury severe poverty; pennilessness.
rebarbative tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive.
reprobate an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption.
scabrous characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant.