Vocabulary part 12

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Antagonism- Hostility

note: unfriendliness (antagonist-kontrabida)

Arbiter- Judge

Bawl- Cry

Breach- Violation

Burnish- Polish

Callous- Unfeeling

note: heartless, Cold

Callow- Immature

Calumniate- slander

note: false Statement

Cheek-boldness

note: matapang

Chutzpah- Nerve

Combust- Burn

Conceit- Vanity

note: self-love

Covey- Flock

note: a group

Dangle - swing

Disparage- Belittle

note: maliitin

Distend- Expand

Egregious-shocking

Elucidate- Explain

Exigency- need

Falter- stumble

note: mawalan ng lakas, or unsteady

Firmament- Heavens

note: heaven or sky

Frivolous- not serious

Frizzle-curl

Forfend- Prevent

Gabby - Talkative

Garish- Showy, flashy

Gravid- Pregnant

Hedge- protection

Huckster- vendor

Hurly-burly- Confusion

Ill-Favored- Ugly

Impeccable- Perfect

Impugn- Challenge

Induce- Simulate

note: make, get, produce

Inebriated- blurred

Infallible- Perfect

note: error free

Jejune- Uninteresting

Lassitude- Fatigue

Maven- Expert

Munificent- Generous

Opulency- Wealth

Ossify- Harden

Peregrinate- Travel

Precept - Principle

note: guidelines, Rules

Quaint- unusual

Rapacious- Greedy

Ruminate- Think deeply

note: consider

Scuttlebutt- gossip

Sever- aggravate

note: irritate, anger

Sidestep- avoid

Soliloquy- monologue

Steadfast-  Loyal

Taint- Corrupt

Vacillate- sway

Vilify- Defame

note: lower in value

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