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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 indigence | a great level of poverty |
| purveyor | a person who provides or supplies (sometimes a quality) |
| dowager | a dignified elderly woman |
| perfidy | the state of being disloyal |
| pugnacious | inclined to fight, quarrelsome |
| luddite | someone opposed to technological change |
| supercilious | disdainfully proud, snobbish |
| abjure | to reject, renounce |
| abrogate | to abolish, usually by authority |
| acerbic | biting, bitter in tone or taste |
| acrimony | bitterness, discord |
| acumen | keen insight |
| adumbrate | to sketch out in a vague way |
| alacrity | eagerness, quickness |
| anathema | a cursed, detested person |
| antipathy | a strong dislike, repugnance |
| approbation | praise |
| arrogate | to take without justification |
| ascetic | practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually in a religious sense |
| aspersion | a curse, an expression of ill--will |
| assidious | hard-working, diligent |
| blandish | to coax by using flattery |
| boon | a gift or blessing |
| brusque | short, abrupt, dismissive |
| buffet | to strike with force |
| burnish | to polish, shine |
| buttress | to support, hold up; something that offers support |
| cacophony | tremendous noise, disharmonious sound |
| cajole | to urge, coax |
| calumny | an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies |
| capricious | subject to whim, fickle |
| clemency | mercy |
| cogent | intellectually convincing |
| concomitant | accompanying in a subordinate fashion |
| conflagration | great fire |
| contrite | penitent, eager to be forgiven |
| conundrum | puzzle, problem |
| credulity | readiness to believe |
| cupidity | greed, strong desire |
| cursory | brief to the point of being superficial |
| decry | to criticize openly |
| defile | to make unclean, impure |
| deleterious | harmful |
| demure | quiet, modest, reserved |
| deprecate | to belittle, depreciate |
| deride | to laugh at openly, scorn |
| desecrate | to violate the sacredness of a thing or place |
| desiccated | dried up, dehydrated |
| diaphanous | light, airy, transparent |
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