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juijuikawalee on April 13, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abatement | decrease, reduction |
| abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power |
| acumen | sharpness of insight |
| adjunct | 1. attachment 2. subordinate or auxiliary capacity |
| ameliorate | make better, improve |
| amoral | unprincipled, unethical |
| amorous | strongly attracted to love; showing love |
| arcane | secret, known only to few person |
| ardor | great emotion or passion |
| ascertain | to determine, discover, make certain of |
| assimilation | act of blending in, becoming similar |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| belabor | to insist repeatedly or harp on |
| beseech | to beg, plead, implore |
| betoken | to indicate, signify, give evidence of |
| boorish | ill-mannered; rude; gauche |
| buffet | to toss about |
| buffoon | clown or fool |
| carnal | of the flesh |
| cherubic | sweet; kind; innocent |
| churlish | selfish; rancorous; surly |
| clandestine | furtive; surreptitious; secret |
| concur | to agree |
| conduit | tube; pipe; similar passage |
| congenial | similar taste and habits |
| consummate | accomplish, complete, perfect; to complete, fulfill |
| conundrum | mystery; puzzle |
| convene | to meet, come together, assemble |
| cynic | person who distrusts the motives of others |
| daunt | to discourage |
| deploy | to spread out strategically over an area |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| dissemble | disguise; conceal; mask; camouflage |
| efface | cancel delete |
| engender | generate; produce; cause |
| enigmatic | cryptic; baffling; myterious |
| ensconce | to settle comfortable into a place |
| erudite | learn; scholarly |
| euthanasia | mercy killing; intentional, easy, and painless death |
| filch | to steal |
| flout | ridicule; scoff; mock; scorn |
| garrulous | very talkative |
| hemorrhage | heavy bleeding; to bleed heavily |
| importune | to ask repeatedly; to beg |
| incarcerate | to put into jail |
| infamy | reputation for bad deeds |
| juncture | joint; seam; intersection; jioning |
| knell | sound of funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
| lien | right to possess and sell the property of a debtor |
| lionize | to treat as celebrity |
| loathe | to abhor, despise, hate |
| malady | illness |
| melancholy | sadness, depression |
| pare | to trim |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| pique | fleeting feeling of hurt pride; irritate;miff; offend |
| reclusive | shut off from the world |
| repulse | repel, fend off, sicken, disgust |
| resonate | to echo |
| scenario | plot outline; possible situation |
| sedition | behavior promoting rebellion |
| submissive | tending to be meek and submit |
| superfluous | extra, more than necessary |
| torpor | lethargy; apathy; dormancy |
| tottering | barely standing |
| transmute | to change in appearance or shape |
| vagrant | poor person with no home |
| vindication | clearance from blame or suspicion |
| volition | free choice, free will; act of choosing |
| vulnerable | defenseless, unprotected; innocent |
| winsome | charming, happily engaging |
| wizened | withered, shriveled, wrinkled |
| natal | relating to birth |
| hypochondria | unfounded belief that one is often ill |
| misanthrope | person who hates human beings |
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