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Katelyn_snider Plus on October 11, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 respite | a rest; a period of relief |
| stoic | outwardly indifferent to pain, joy, emotion |
| volatile | unpredictable; higly unstable; explosive |
| hedonistic | pleasure seeking |
| idiom | an expression that cannot be taken literally |
| benefactor | a generous donor |
| brevity | briefness |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin; false; invented; legendary |
| virtuoso | masterful musician; master of some other field |
| slander | to defame; to speak maliciously of someone |
| animosity | bitter hostility; strong dislike |
| deplete | to use up or empty out |
| amity | friendship, mutul understanding |
| stringent | strict, sever, rigorous |
| voluminous | of great volume, size or extent |
| auspicious | promising success, favorable |
| fickle | likely to change, especially on whim |
| lethargy | the state of beings drowsy, dull, unenergetic, or lazy |
| hackneyed | overused and cliched, therefore boring |
| amass | to collect into mass or pile; gather |
| willful | voluntary, intentional or stubborn |
| bastion | a fortified or protected place |
| trepidation | fear, alarm, or agitation |
| desecrate | to dishonor or pollute a sacred person, place or thing |
| fortuitous | lucky or fortunate |
| vehement | passionate or violent |
| assauge | to relieve, ease, soothe, calm |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, degree, amount or power |
| torpor | sluggish unactivity, apathy |
| furtive | done in secret |
| supercilious | haughty and disdainful |
| prudent | thoughtful and wise |
| verbose | using too many words |
| pedestrian | commonplace, dull, lacking imagination |
| innocuous | harmless |
| retract | to draw back inside itself; to withdraw a promise or statement |
| ambiguous | open to interpretation, having several possile meanings |
| paucity | scarcity, insufficiency |
| rescind | to revoke, repeal, or invalidate |
| zealous | very active, devoted or diligent |
| benign | kind, gracious or healthy, non- malignant |
| compliant | obeying or yielding in a submissive way |
| emulate | to try to equal or excel, to imitate or copy |
| innumerable | not able to be numbered, countless, numerous |
| peripheral | unimportant; non- essential |
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