Improving Vocabulary Skills Chapter 20
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ominous
threatening harm or evil; menacing
mortify
to humiliate or embarrass
detract
to lessen what is admirable or worthwhile about something
nullify
to make legally ineffective; cancel
endow
to provide with a talent or quality
divulge
to reveal; make known
elation
a feeling of great joy or pride
disdain
an attitude or feeling of contempt; scorn
averse
having a feeling of dislike or distaste for something
expulsion
the act or condition of being forced to leave
