week four quillen

Terms	Definitions
huge force destroying everything in its path	juggernaut
lethargy, sluggishness	lassitude
clumsy, tactless	maladroit
extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking	meticulous
accident, misfortune	mishap
relating to marriage	nuptial
no longer in use	obsolete
to move back and forth	to oscillate
flamboyance, verve	panache
having bad connotations, disparaging	pejorative
done in a routine way, indifferent	perfunctory
practical, moved by facts rather than abstract ideals	pragmatic
inclined to complain, irritable	querulous
humorous in a vulgar way	ribald
to contemplate, to reflect upon	to ruminate
excessively sweet or sentimental	saccharine
to move in a stealthy or cautious manner, to sneak	to skulk
to block or thwart	to stymie
slightly understood or implied	tacit
uncommunicative, not inclined to speak much	taciturn

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