Vocab Unit 12
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panthyunit on March 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 halcyon | adj. calm; pleasant ant: troubled; tumultuous |
| fastidious | adj. hard to please; fussy ant: casual; lax |
| badinage | n. playful, teasing talk |
| malapropism | n. a word humorously misused |
| garner | v. to gather; to acquire |
| kismet | n. destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life) |
| hegira | n. flight; escape |
| paradigm | n. a model; an example |
| debauchery | n. corruption; self-indulgence |
| milieu | n. environment; setting |
| regress | v. to move backward |
| bilious | adj. bad tempered; cross ant: pleasant |
| necromancy | n. magic, especially that practiced by a witch |
| gumption | n. courage and initiative; common sense |
| blandishment | n. flattery |
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