Vocabulary Set 4
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paige_hudson on March 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gullible | easily deceived or duped |
| punctilious | marked by precise observance of the finer points of etiquette and formal conduct |
| protract | to prolong |
| phlegmatic | having or suggesting a calm, stolid temperament; unemotional |
| lethargic | having little or no energy;listless; torpid |
| suave | smoothly gracious in social manner |
| debonair | gracious and charming |
| complacent | content (perhaps arrogantly); self-satisfied; smug |
| pompous | 1.self-important; pretentious 2.characterized by pomp and stately display |
| vapid | lacking liveliness, zest, or interest; insipid; dull; boring (antonym=sapid) |
| erudite | scholary; very learned |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of austerity, usually for religious reasons |
| austere | 1.vere or stern; somber 2.strict or severe in discipline |
| aesthetic | of or pertaining to the sense of beautiful; having a love for culture/beauty (an esthete!) |
| puerile | immature; childish |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
| pugnacious | having a quarrelsome disposition; combative; bellicose |
| provincial | pertaining to a province; limited |
| impudent | characterized by brash (hasty and unthinking; rash) behavior and impertinent (improperly forward or bold) disprespect |
| astute | shrewd; keen in judgement; cunning; discerning; may be perspicacious |
| syntax | the way in which words are put together to form constructions, such as phrases or clauses; the structure of sentences! |
| semantics | the study of meaning, especially in language |
| raze | to tear down or demolish |
| terpsichorean | (adj) of dancing (n) a dancer |
| tendentious | promioting a particular point of view; biased |
| engender | to bring into existence; to give rise to |
| precocious | advanced in maturity |
| taciturn | sidinclined to conversation;habitually silent (perhaps reticent=hesitant) |
| sedulous | diligent; persevering; assiduoud |
| probity | integrity and uprightness |
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