Kylie's Vocab

Goad
1. To provoke someone; to egg them on.
2. Verb
3. Synonyms: coerce, prod, tease
4. The older sister was able to goad her sister into taking out the trash last week.
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Capricious

1. Likely to go out on a whim; change unexpectedly.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: variable, flighty, mercurial
4. I have such a capricious sister, I never know when she will get me into trouble.
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Obviate

1. To prevent unpleasant happenings.
2. Verb
3. Synonyms: anticipate, block, counter
4. The doctors were able to obviate the disease before it took the patients life.
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Malady

1. Disease or illness
2. Noun
3. Synonyms: cancer, fever, infection
4. The woman’s malady was fatal.
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Felicity
1. State of being happy
2. Noun
3. Synonyms: bliss, delight, jubilation
4. A feeling of felicity came to her after she saw that she got an A on her test.

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