English set 15
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englishteacher724 on April 27, 2012
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acrimony acrimonious | Full of bitterness and harsh feelings |
| Gamut | An entire range from one end to another |
| Alacrity | With speed and joy |
| Cur | Mutt |
| Precipitous | Steep or abrupt |
| Conundrum | A difficult situation...a dilema |
| Specious | Deceptive and misleading |
| Emulate | To strive to be like to imitate |
| Efficacious | Effectively effecient producing the desired results |
| Cache | Hidden store of goods or valuables a stash |
| Lexicon | Dictionary or specialized language used in a particular field |
| Contrite | Feeling regret for a wrong doing |
| Innate | Born with natural |
| Inane | Without sense of meaning silly foolish |
| Asinine | Extremely foolish |
| Gadfly | Irritating and persistent person |
| Umbrage | Resentment taking offense at sommething |
| Bask | To lie or be exposed to warmth or in glow of success |
| Zephyr | Gentle breeze |
| Remiss | Negligent in ones duty... Failing to perform ones duty |
| Wry | Twisted physically or mentally....showing that you find a difficult situation amusing |
| Verbatim | Word for word |
| Implicitly | Completely..with no doubt or reservation |
| Residual remnant | Leftovers after original is done |
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