Word Wealth Week 5
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garrettross8 on November 11, 2009
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Word Wealth list five for 10th grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aggressive | assertive and active (more contest and struggle) 3 |
| Forward | quick to take anitiative (less problematic) 1 |
| officious | forward in an objectionable way (more than aggressive) |
| Assertive | forward and insistent (not quite officious) |
| arrogant | arrogant and overbearingly proud 2 |
| presumptuous | assumes too much about self and becomes bold/forward 1 |
| disdainful | arrogant but not overbearing 3 |
| insolent | arrogantly rude and discourteious 4 |
| supercilious | disdainful (disrespectful) or scornfully (mockingly) aloof 5 |
| peevish | sulky and fretful about small matters |
| petualant | synonym of peevish |
| captious | fault-finding, hard to please 3 |
| contentious | like to argue for the sake of arguing 2 |
| querulous | ill-natured, complainer 1 |
| hypercritical | hard to please, consistent and more seriuos than captious 4 |
| cynical | scornfully distrustful, skeptical 2 |
| sarcastic | distrustful makes cruel and cutting remarks 3 |
| sardonic | bitterly scornful, more biting than sarcasm 4 |
| pessimistic | cynical, negative, dark, distrustful view1 |
| misanthropic | detesting humankind5 |
| dogmatic | unduly certain, dictatorial |
| squeamish | unduly sensitive |
| fasticious | daintily defined, ver discrimination, detail-oriented 1 |
| particular | fussy about details 2 |
| scrupulous | precise and very discriminating (with ethics and morals) 3 |
| Prudish | excessive sinse of propriety in speech, dress or behavior 4 |
| Fatuous | complacently stupid or silly |
| infatuation | obsession (often mistaken for love) |
| garrulous | talkative 2 |
| loquaciousness | excessive but tolerable 3 |
| garrulousness | moisy and hardly endurable 10 |
| volubility | hot air/nothingness 7 |
| effusiveness | flattering outpouring of words 4 |
| diffuseness | tiresome, too many words to make a point 8 |
| glibness | smooth, slick talkativeness 9 |
| fluency | easy and ample command of language and ideas 1 |
| verbosity | wordy 5 |
| prolixity | wordy and roundabout, with little to say 6 |
| gregarious | sociable, inclined to go in groups |
| impetuous | rushing with great force, impulsive 2 |
| precipitate | rash and hasty, sudden 1 |
| ingenuous | frank, genuine, free from reserve |
| nostalgic | homesick, longing for the past |
| nostalgia | simpler times reflected in movies or stories |
| ostentatious | fond of self, pretentious, showy |
| garish | gaudy, overdone, lacks quality |
| pomp | majesty and grandeur, over the top |
| histrionics | showy, stagy, theatrical behavior |
| melodrama | overdone drama or behavior, ostentatious |
| sinuous | curving or winding, devious |
| undulating | up and down in even rhythms |
| circuitious | roundabout and devious or winding |
| serpentine | action twists and turns vurving look a snake |
| taciturn | habitually silent, uncommunicative |
| reticent | reserved, hesitant about speaking |
| truculent | fierce, saveage, cruel |
| unctuous | excessively suave, charming |
| unction | a smoot manner |
| valid | sound, effective, well-founded |
| valor | courage |
| versatile | many sided in abilities |
| volatile | changeable, spirited, explosive |
| volatility | instability |
| phlegmatic | sluggish, unexcitable |
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