Coursey Adjs List 1-3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Deluded | being in something untrue or unreal |
| Concessive | yielding;giving in; admitting |
| Defensible | capable of being defended/justified |
| Rueful | regretful; apologetic |
| Implacable | inflexible; unyielding |
| Meticulous | precise; extremely careful |
| Glib | offhanded; casual; insincere--like one's tone or behavior |
| Rhapsodic | enthustiastic; ecstatic; gushy |
| Sententious | moralizing; preachy; semonizing |
| Gouche | lacking social refinement; unsophisticated |
| Facetious | witty; sarcastic; flippart |
| Quasi | resembling; seemingly; semi informed (quasi-religious, quasi-scientific) |
| Overwrought | anxiety-filled; nervous |
| Circumspect | a slow deliberate approach; unwilling to take the risk; wary |
| Anachronistic | an object or idea out of step with the times; old-fashioned (groovy, swell) |
| Idiosyncratic | distinctive; particulary to a person/group |
| Colloquial | conversational; informal--especially used to describe language |
| Eponymous | self-tittled such as a book, CD, or resturant |
| Deviant | departing from the norm; aberration |
| Anecdotal | based on personal accounts--thus potentially unrealiable/untrue. (Especially anecdotal evidence) |
| Discursive | passing aimlessly from one subject to the next; rambling |
| Vociferous | outspoken; loud and aggressive (someone who is full of voice) |
| Manifest | clear; obvious; apparent |
| Vindictive | purposefully harmful; vengeful; malicious |
| Malicious | intentially harmful or hurtful |
| Incongrous | not the same; not congruent; mismatched; unsuitable |
| Ineffectual | ineffective; not producing the desired outcome |
| Tangential | rambling; discursive; off-topic; divergent; digressive |
| Didactic | instructive; educational--often with a moral message in mind |
| Devout | deeply and faithfully religious |
| Expository | intended to explain or describe |
| Polemical | argumentative; critical (a piece of a argumentative argument; opposites) |
| Salacious | obscene; indecent; lewd; lurid; tawdry; prurient |
| Denigrating | harshly critical; disparaging |
| Salient | significant; important; striking |
| Nihilistic | meaningless; purposeless |
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