En. 102 Vocab 20
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allegation | (1) assertion- often an assertion unsupported and by implication regarded as unsupportable (2) in law, an assertion which its maker proposes to support with evidence |
| respite | reprieve; temporary delay; interval of rest; a pause from exertion; suspension; relief |
| enunciate | say; announce; to pronounce; articulate |
| cessation | discontinuance; pause; a bringing or a coming to an end |
| cynical | contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives -- having a sneering belief that human conduct is governed wholly by self-interest |
| imperious | commanding; arrogantly domineering or overbearing; pressing; urgent |
| consummate | accomplish; carry out; conclude; achieve; fulfill; to bring to completion |
| crass | [crassus: thick, fat, gross] grossly stupid, insensitive, unrefined |
| allocation | allot; distribute according to a plan; to set apart for a special purpose; designate |
| chauvinism | [from Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier of the first Republic and Empire, whose attachment to Napolean came to be ridiculed by his comrades] vainglorious or exaagerrated patrioitism; prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own group |
| morass | something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms; an area of low-lying soggy ground; disordered situation or circumstance; mess, confusion |
| tenor | aim; direction; general drift of thought; purpose; continuous, unwavering course |
| renege | revoke; go back on; to fail to carry out a promise or commitment; to renounce; disown; |
| deterrent | balk; handicap; hindrance; impediment |
| portent | sign of a future event; something amazing or marvelous; prodigy; omen |
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