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ecareymunger on May 26, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Transitory | (adj) - tending to pass away; not persistent |
| Tarry | (v) - to remain at a place |
| Exhort | (v) - to urge, advise caution, earnestly |
| Fortuitous | (adj) - happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky |
| Meretricious | (adj) - alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions |
| Corrugate | (v) - to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges |
| Senile | (adj) - of or belonging to old age or aged person |
| Vicarious | (adj) - taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute |
| Garrulous | (adj) - excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters |
| Trite | (adj) - lacking in freshness or attraction |
| Beleaguer | (v) - to surround with military forces |
| Euphemism | (n) - substitution of a vague expression for one thought to be offensive |
| Awry | (adv/adj) - away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course |
| Tantamount | (adj) - equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as |
| Illicit | (adj) - forbidden by law, rules, or custom |
| fickle | (adj)- unpredictably changeable |
| mendaciously | (adv)- in a lying or deceitful manner; in an untruthful manner |
| inebriated | (adj)- drunken |
| interloper | (n)- a person who is involved with a place or situation where they aren't wanted |
| elegiac | (adj)- expressing sorrow |
| ostentatious | (adj) intended to attract notice and impress others |
| avarice | (n)- extreme greed for wealth or material gain |
| succor | (n)- assistance in time of difficulty |
| insipid | (adj)- without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
| hyperbolical | (adj)- exaggerated |
| execrable | (adj)- very bad; detestable |
| supercilious | (adj)-behaving/looking as or though one thinks they're better than others |
| fractious | (adj)- easily irritated; bad tempered |
| abortive | (adj)-failing to produce an intended result |
| levity | (n)- a state of being light; laughter; lightness |
| proprietary | (adj)- pertaining to property or ownership |
| sumptuous | (adj)- splendid and expensive looking |
| veracity | (n)- truthfulness |
| antipathy | (n)- a deep seated feeling of dislike |
| fop | (n)- a man who is excessively vain and concerned about appearance |
| edify | (v)- to instruct |
| Affinity | (n)- a natural likeing for a person thing idea etc |
| sorid | (adj)- involving ignoble actions and motives |
| overt | (adj)- open to view/knowlege not concealed or secret |
| rail | (v) to protest |
| hedonism | (n ) persuit of pleasure |
| epicurean | (n ) a person who is devoted to sensual enjoyment |
| incandescent | adj- emitting light as a result of being heated |
| palatable | adj- (of food or drink) pleasant to taste |
| slovenly | adj- messy/dirty |
| marauder | n- person who roams in search of things to steal |
| poignant | adj- affecting or moving the emotions |
| colloquial | adj- appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech |
| effusive | adj- expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner |
| tenement | n- a run down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city |
| histrionic | adj- overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style |
| ambiguity | n- uncertainty or inexactness of meaning/language |
| tactile | adj- of or connected with the sense of touch |
| hoary | adj- gray/white with age; ancient; tedious from familiarity |
| corroborate | v-to make certain; confirm |
| provincial | adj- unsophisticated or narrow minded (because of where you grew up or your experiences) |
| contingency | n- dependence on chance, of something not expected to happen |
| dilatory | adj- slow to act |
| nebulous | adj- hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused |
| prodigality | n- wasteful expenditure of one's material resources especially money |
| libertine | n- one who acts without moral restraint |
| menagerie | n- a collection of wild or unusual animals |
| convivial | adj- friendly, lively |
| disconcerting | adj- causing one to feel unsettled |
| innuendo | n- an indirect intimation about a person/thing |
| indignant | adj- feeling/showing anger/annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment |
| complacent | adj- please, esp with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation etc often without awareness of some danger; self satisfied |
| subterfuge | n- an artifice/expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence hide something etc |
| commensurate | agj- corresponding in size or degree, in proportion |
| temporal | adj- relating to worldly affairs |
| inane | adj lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly |
| bard | n- a person who composed or recited epic poems while playing the harp |
| contrite | adj- feeling/expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt |
| conciliate | v- to overide the distrust or hostility ofl to win over |
| coherent | adj- logical and understandable |
| brazen | adj- bold and without shame |
| impertinent | adj- not showing proper respect; rude |
| querulous | adj- complaining in a petulant or whining manner |
| belligerent | adj- war like |
| effete | adj- (of a person) exhausted, weak of energy |
| listlessly | adj- having/ showing little interest in anything; languid |
| notoriety | n- the state of being famous for bad reasons |
| reproach | v- to find fault with; blame; upbraid |
| Incoherent | (adj) - (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear |
| Construe | (v) - to interpret (a word or action) in a particular way |
| Aesthetic | (adj) - characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| Corpulent | (adj) - large or bulky |
| Unfathomable | (adj) - incomprehensible |
| Obliquely | (adv) - going neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specific line, indirectly |
| stark | providing no shelter or sustenance |
| alarmist | one who worries needlessly, constantly |
| Chronic | being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering |
| traipse | v.; To walk or stroll affectedly, to sashay nemesis n. Rival, enemy, opponent |
| roguish | lacking principles or scruples |
| Indolent | (adj) - wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy |
| Conglomerate | (n) - a number of different things or parts that are put together to form a whole but remain distinct identities |
| Emulate | (v) - match of surpass (a person or achievement) typically by intention |
| Demure | (adj) - (of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy |
| Tribulation | (n) - a cause of great trouble or suffering |
| Motley | (adj) - diverse, being of different colors combined |
| Rhapsodic | (adj) - extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic |
| Rapt | (adj) - deeply engrossed/absorbed with emotion |
| Spinster | (n) - a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying |
| Importunate | (adj) - urgent/persistent in solicitation; annoying |
| Masticate | (v) - to chew (food) |
| Ineluctable | (adj) - incapable of being evaded; inescapable |
| Matriculate | (v) - to enroll in school |
| Imminent | (adj) - likely to occur at any moment; impending |
| Archetype | (n) - a typical example of a certain person/thing |
| Paragon | (n) - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; an ideal instance |
| implacable | (adj) - unable to be appeased or pacified |
| Vestige | (n) - a trace or evidence of something that once existed |
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