List 20
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carlycollette on March 28, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 incendiary | capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily |
| pyromaniac | a person obsessed with setting things on fire |
| contiguous | very close or connected in space or time |
| incommodious | uncomfortably or inconveniently small |
| effete | loss of vitality |
| canard | a deliberately misleading fabrication |
| insuperable | impossible to surmount |
| truculent | defiantly aggressive |
| malefactor | someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime |
| subaltern | inferior in rank or status; noun a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain |
| remiss | failing in what duty requires |
| captious | tending to find and call attention to faults |
| finesse | subtly skillful handling of a situation |
| imbue | suffuse with color; fill, soak, or imbue totally; spread or diffuse through |
| purloin | make off with belongings of others |
| baleful | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; deadly or sinister |
| solvent | capable of meeting financial obligations |
| stolid | having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited |
| compliant | disposed or willing to comply |
| incisive | sharp |
| comport | behave in a certain manner; behave well or properly |
| demagogue | an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience |
| demagoguery | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise |
| recant | to retract; formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief |
| uxorious | foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife |
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