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Book 11 · College prep
Chapter 18 · List 18 · Power & portent
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aegis (n)
Protection or backing.
bauble (n)
A showy trinket.
complaisant (adj)
Willing to please.
consolidate (v)
To strengthen.
depredation (n)
An act of plunder.
pendulous (adj)
Hanging loosely.
portend (v)
To be a sign of.
portent (n)
An ominous sign.
pragmatic (adj)
Practical.
reprieve (n/v)
A delay; to grant such.
stentorian (adj)
Very loud.
tenure (n)
A period in office.
unilateral (adj)
Performed by one side.
viable (adj)
Able to live or work.
winnow (v)
To sift out the inferior.