Pre-APeeps Spring Vocabulary - Week 9
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Koolteecha on March 21, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 lament | to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| raucous | loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly |
| rhetoric | the art of using words effectively in speaking or writing |
| squander | to spend wastefully or extravagantly, dissipate |
| virulent | extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous |
| wan | unnaturally pale, lacking vitality |
| burnish | to make smooth or shiny by polishing |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| epitaph | an inscription in memory of a dead person (usually on a tombstone) |
| diffident | lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence, shy and timid |
| astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence, sagacious |
| trifling | insignificant, frivolous |
| zeal | enthusiastic pursuit of a cause, ideal, or goal |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner, severe |
| beguile | to mislead with skillful trickery, to persuade with charm |
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