Explanation Vocab List

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greedy, money-grubbingAvaricious
love of pleasureHedonism
PreferencePenchant
Not movingSedentary
Unfit or clumsyInept
Something that makes fun or ridiculesDerisive
quiet, but in a rude wayLaconic
Cheap, Cheap, CheapParsimonious
a ranting speech or to lectureHarangue
To make impossible ahead of timePreclude
Unstopped, running all over the placeRampant
to convince someone with some flattery and persuasionCajole
likely OR to be unusually well qualifiedApt
a natural ability or capacity for learningAptitude
foolishness or incompetenceIneptitude
to change in order to fit in betterAdapt
quickness of thought... "smartness"Acumen
lying or spreading rumors that harm someoneMalign