VPP for Neely exam
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whitleycargile14 on May 23, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 peccadillo | a minor offense; missdeed |
| callow | young or inexperienced |
| fatuous | foolish; inane |
| ferret | to search; to drive out |
| quiddity | an essential quality |
| dichotomy | a division into two parts |
| laconic | short; concise; using few words |
| hackneyed | commonplace; overused |
| imperious | domineering; haughty |
| censure | to criticize sharply |
| recondite | difficult to understand; profoud or obscure or secret |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster |
| deride | to ridicule; to mock |
| agape | god's love; open-mouthed; surprised |
| affectation | a phony attitude; pose |
| pejorative | having a negative effect; insulting |
| harbinger | an omen or sign; messenger |
| nubile | suitable for marriage in age and physical developement |
| sapeint | wise; full of knowledge |
| chimerical | imaginary; fatastic |
| heterogeneous | different; dissimilar |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiar personality trait |
| lachrymose | maudlin; teary or weapy |
| scintillate | to sparkle; to twinkle; to be stimulate |
| languid | sluggish |
| libertine | someone who lives immorraly, or a male sexual predator |
| garrulous | excessively talkative |
| juxtapose | to line up side by side for comparison |
| halcyon | calm; peaceful |
| fastidious | foolish; hard to please |
| malapropism | a word humorously missused |
| garner | to gather; to acquire |
| kismet | fate; destiny |
| milieu | setting; has to do with social setting and time |
| paradigm | an example; a model |
| blandishment | flattery |
| debauchery | self-indulgence; can have a sexual connotation |
| adulterate | to make impure; to contaminate |
| immutable | unchangeable; fixed |
| bucolic | pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic |
| redolent | having a pleasant odor |
| impecunious | without money; penniless |
| onus | a burden; a resposibility |
| impious | disrespectful towards God; not necessarily religious |
| caveat | a warning |
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