Vocab List Week Five
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 juxtaposition | side-by-side placement |
| licentious | immoral; unrestrained by society |
| malapropism | humorous misuse of a word |
| mirth | frivolity, gaiety, laughter |
| nomadic | moving from place to place |
| obsequious | overly submissive, brown-nosing |
| ostensible | apparent |
| paradigm | ideal example, model |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| perspicacious | shrewd, astute, keen-witted |
| precipitous | hasty, quickly, with too little concern |
| quiescence | inactivity, stillness |
| quintessence | most typical example; concentrated essence |
| reticent | not speaking freely; reserved |
| retort | cutting response |
| slipshod | careless, hasty |
| slovenly | untidy, messy |
| sobriety | seriousness |
| sufferable | bearable |
| strident | loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy |
| sycophant | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
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