aplang vocab
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Danielisthecoolest on October 1, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apocalyptic | prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom |
| blatant | conspicuously and offensively loud |
| blatant | without any attempt at concealment |
| circumlocation | talking around a subject |
| cynical | believing the worst of human nature and motives |
| despot | a cruel and oppressive dictator |
| edification | uplifting enlightenment |
| idyllic | excellent and delightful in all respects |
| idyllic | suggestive of an idyll |
| empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings |
| incognito | without revealing one's identity |
| mercenary | a person hired to fight for another country than their own |
| ominous | presaging ill-fortune |
| paean | a formal expression of praise |
| paean | a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
| pernicious | exceedingly harmful |
| platitudinous | dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality |
| pragmatism | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth |
| pragmatism | (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value |
| profligate | recklessly wasteful |
| profligate | unrestrained by convention or morality |
| reticent | reluctant to draw attention to yourself |
| reticent | cool and formal in manner |
| ribald | humorously vulgar |
| ubiguitous | being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| wry | humorously sarcastic or mocking |
| wry | disdainfully or ironically humorous |
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