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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ephemeral |  short lived, fleeting |
| latent | unrevealed, unused |
| fiasco |  complete, utter failure |
| lethargic | sluggish, drowsily, lazy |
| esoteric |  hidden, secret |
| lugubrious, lugubriousness | ridiculously sorrowful, mournful |
| flaccid, flaccidity | flabby, weak |
| laconic, laconism | brief, terse |
| expiate |  atone for, make amends for |
| moribund, morbundity |  dying, ending |
| acumen |  keen insight |
| adamant | unyielding, absolutely firm |
| anomaly, anomalous | a deviation from the usual, out of the ordinary |
| antipathy, antipathic | dislike of , hatred for, aversion to |
| apathy, apathetic | lack of feeling, absence of emotion |
| assiduous, assiduity |  constant, persistent |
| autonomous, autonomy | self-governing, independent of outside control |
| banal, banality | trite, commonplace, uninspired |
| candor, candid | frankness, outspokeness |
| caprice, capricious | a whim, an unmotivated decision |
| castigate, castigation | severely criticize |
| deprave, depravity | incorrigibly evil |
| chicanery | trickery, subterfuge |
| discursive, discursiveness | rambling, digressive |
| ebullient, ebullience | full of enthusiasm, bubbling with energy |
| dissonance, dissonant | discord, unharmonious effects |
| ecstatic, ecstasy | overpowered by delight |
| dour | sour, sullen, gloomy |
| engender |  cause, produce |
| enervate | deprive of nervous energy, weaken |
| Myopic | near-sighted |
| obstreperous | unruly |
| parsimonious | penny pinching |
| perfidious | treachous |
| perfunctory | mechanical,indefferent |
| perspicuity | clearness |
| polemic | argumentative debate |
| procrastinate | delay |
| prototype | model,pattern |
| regressive | going backward |
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| Terms | 40 |
| Creator | karencross |
| Created | September 23, 2009 |
| Groups | None |
| Subject | english vocabulary |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |