ISSY'S APLIT LOLITA #2
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acdcluvrs Plus on February 24, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 truculent (adj) | brutally harsh, scathing, aggressively hostile |
| nacreous (adj) | lustrous, pearly |
| paramour (n) | a lover |
| ignoble (adj) | of low character, not noble, of humble descent |
| mawkish (adj) | characterized by sickly sentimentality, weakly emotional |
| vapid (adj) | without liveliness or spirit, dull or tedious |
| penumbra (n) | a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area around something |
| mollify (v) | to appease |
| simulacrum (n) | an image of something or a slight, unreal or vague semblance of something |
| sublimate (v) | to divert the energy associated with an unacceptable impulse |
| lassitude (n) | physical or mental weariness |
| parsimonious (adj) | frugal or stingy |
| concupiscence (n) | strong lustful desire |
| vitiate (v) | to lower in quality or value, to corrupt morally, debase |
| strident (adj) | making or having a harsh sound, having a shrill or irritating character |
| puerile (adj) | childishly foolish, childlike, immature or trivial |
| insidious (adj) | intended to entrap or beguile, stealthily treacherous or deceitful |
| coeval (n) | a contemporary |
| delectation (n) | delight, pleasure |
| ken (n) | knowledge, understanding, mental perception |
| preprandial (adj) | before a meal |
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