Vocabulary Workshop Second Course - Lesson 2
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calamity
a disaster; any happening that causes great distress or misery
knoll
a small, rounded hill; a mound
novelty
something new or unusual; an innovation; newness; originality
sincerity
the quality or condition of being sincere; honesty; genuineness
baffle
to confuse terribly; to puzzle
deceive
to mislead or delude someone, as by lying; to trick
abuse
to misuse; to injure or damage through maltreatment; a misuse; cruel treatment or words
bewilder
to perplex; to frustrate, hinder, or interfere with
barbarism
uncivilized, brutal behavior; cruelty; a nonstandard word or expression
folklore
unwritten stories, customs, sayings, and traditional beliefs of a culture; the study of these
