Unit 14
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 beatific | (adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed |
| behemoth | (n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance |
| blandishment | (n.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing |
| cacophonous | (adj.) harsh-sunding, raucous, discordant, dissonant |
| chicanery | (n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing |
| consign | (v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use |
| coup | (n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership |
| euphemism | (n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute |
| febrile | (adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic |
| gainsay | (v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose |
| imminent | (adj.) about to happen, threatening |
| innate | (adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in |
| loath | (adj.) unwilling, reluctatn, disinclined |
| manifest | (adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers |
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