vsat nouns 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acumen | keen insight |
| affinity | a spontaneous feeling of closeness |
| amenity | an item that increases comfort |
| antecedent | something that came before |
| blight | a plague, disease; something that destroys hope |
| conflagration | great fire |
| demagogue | a leader who appeals to a people's prejudices |
| dissent | the act of disagreeing |
| duplicity | crafty dishonesty |
| effrontery | impudence, nerve, insolence |
| equanimity | composure |
| forbearance | patience, restraint, toleration |
| guile | deceitful, cunning, sly behavior |
| hedonist | one who believes pleasure should be the primary pursuit of humans |
| incumbent | one who holds an office |
| linchpin | something that holds separate parts together |
| morass | a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses |
| munificence | generosity in giving |
| penchant | a tendency, partiality, preference |
| perspicacity | shrewdness, perceptiveness |
| platitude | an uninspired remark, cliché |
| polemic | an aggressive argument against a specific opinion |
| presage | omen |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper, decent |
| prowess | extraordinary ability |
| ruse | trick |
| umbrage | resentment, offense |
| veneer | a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, façade |
| vicissitude | event that occurs by chance |
| zenith | the highest point, culminating point |
| anathema | a cursed, detested person |
| aspersion | curse, expression of ill-will |
| dissonance | lack of harmony or consistency |
| hegemony | domination over others |
| iconoclast | one who attacks common beliefs or institutions |
| panacea | remedy for all ills or difficulties |
| plaudits | enthusiastic approval, applause |
| sycophant | one who flatters for self-gain |
| turpitude | depravity, moral corruption |
| vestige | a mark or trace of something lost or vanished |
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