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65 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 blatant | clamorous; unpleasantly loud; offensively undisguised |
| adversity | misfortune |
| cadaverous | ghastly; suggestive of death; corpselike |
| wraith | apparition; ghost |
| perspicacity | keenness |
| extraneous | foreign,coming from without, external |
| paroxysm | sudden outburst |
| sapient | discerning and wise |
| flaccid | flabby |
| impecunious | poor;lacking money; penniless |
| abduct | kidnap |
| demerit | fault |
| mutinous | rebellious |
| negligent | lax; careless |
| contest | dispute |
| query | ask |
| insidious | treacherous; deliberate break of loyalty or trust |
| palpitate | throb |
| animosity | hatred |
| egotism | conceit |
| calligraphy | beautiful handwriting |
| synchronize | happen at the same time |
| semblance | appearance |
| wistful | yearning |
| curtail | lessen; shorten; abbreviate |
| noxious | harmful |
| paucity | scarcity; not abundant |
| jeopardize | endanger |
| intrepid | fearless |
| treacherous | disloyal |
| unsavory | tasteless |
| hearsay | rumor |
| hamper | restrain |
| bedlam | confusion |
| infallible | certain |
| contend | compete |
| amorous | loving |
| alleviate | ease |
| neophyte | beginner |
| solace | comfort |
| ultimatum | final terms |
| gird | surround; to encircle or fasten with a belt or band |
| wangle | manipulate |
| procurement | acquisition; to get by special effort |
| culmination | climax |
| insuperable | unconquerable |
| cliche | trite phrase |
| concession | acknowledgment |
| insipid | uninteresting; lacking spirit or zest |
| reprisal | retaliation |
| dubious | uncertain |
| atrocious | brutal; extremely evil, savage, or cruel |
| prestige | reputation or influence arising from success or fame |
| vindicate | justify; to free from blame |
| exude | discharge, to give off |
| faction | clique or division |
| inclement | harsh; stormy |
| spurious | false; fake, not genuine |
| subservient | obsequious; slavish |
| importune | urge; to beset with insistent requests |
| controversial | debatable |
| ghastly | deathlike |
| belligerent | warlike |
| proficiency | expertness |
| compassion | sympathy |
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