English Vocab (3)
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ashantistevens1 on May 20, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cower | to crouch or shrink back as in fear or shame |
| Impudence | speech or behavior that it aggressively forward or rude |
| Guise | outward appearance; false appearance |
| Renowned | famous, widely known |
| Jostle | to bump, push or shove roughly |
| Implacable | impossible to satisfy or smooth |
| Lavish | to give generously; provide in abundance |
| Aloof | emotionally distant; uninvolved, disinterested |
| Dissemble | to pretend |
| Incredulity | disbelief |
| Shamble | to walk awkwardly with dragging feet |
| Mortified | deeply embarrassed |
| Rebuke | to scold sharply |
| Supplicant | one who humbly begs or requests something |
| Restitution | making good or giving an equivalent for some injury |
| Maudlin | ecxessively emotional |
| Commandeer | seized by force |
| Specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness |
| Bureaucracy | a system of administration marked by red tape |
| Makeshift | crude and temporary substitute |
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