1100 Words Days 51-57
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 timorous | (adj.) fearful / shy |
| truncated | (adj.) cut short |
| jaunty | (adj.) sprightly / gay / brisk |
| fractious | (adj.) quarrelsome |
| ostentatious | (adj.) showy |
| importune | (v.t.&i.) ask urgently / annoy / vex |
| incontrovertible | (adj.) undeniable |
| surreptitious | (adj.) stealthy / accomplished by secret |
| haven | (n.) place of safety / port / harbor or anchorage |
| subjugate | (v.t.) conquer |
| ultimate | (adj.) final |
| eventuate | (v.i.) result ultimately |
| emit | (v.t.) give off |
| subterranean | (adj.) underground |
| viable | (adj.) practicable / workable / able to live or develop |
| premise | (n.) grounds for a conclusion |
| jeopardize | (v.t.) endanger |
| incredulous | (adj.) skeptical |
| permeate | (v.t.) spread through |
| propitious | (adj.) favorable |
| surmise | (v.t.) guess |
| curtail | (v.t.) cut short |
| cryptic | (adj.) puzzling |
| inchoate | (adj.) in an early stage |
| aspire [to] | (v.i.) strive [for] |
| inveigh | (v.t.) attack verbally |
| nettle | (v.t.) irritate |
| overt | (adj.) open |
| relegate | (v.t.) assign (to an inferior position) |
| supine | (adj.) lying on the back |
| mammoth | (n./adj.) huge |
| repulse | (v.t.) drive back |
| havoc | (n.) ruin / destruction / devastation |
| raze | (v.t.) destroy |
| Indian summer | warm spell during the autumn months |
| take the bull by the horns | deal with something head-on / tackle directly |
| the lion's share | the larger part / the best and most advantageous part |
| out of the frying pan into the fire | from bad to worse / from a tough situation into a tougher one |
| keep the pot boiling | keep the interest level up |
| bury the hatchet | settle / make peace |
| Philadelphia lawyer | eminent attorney |
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