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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstruse | difficult to understand, recondite, concealed |
| affable | friendly, courteous, amiable |
| audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring |
| contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant |
| credulous | believing on slight evidence, gullible |
| depravity | moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act |
| deprecate | to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval |
| didactic | instructive, designed to teach |
| dormant | inactive sleeping |
| enigmatic | mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling |
| erudite | scholarly |
| exotic | foreign, unfamiliar |
| fuse | to mix or to join (usually by melting) |
| immutable | unchanging |
| incorrigible | incapable of being reformed or improved |
| loathe | to detest |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe |
| nullify | to cause not to be in effect, to cegate |
| pacifistic | opposed to war or use of force |
| pretentious | making an extravagant outward show, self-important |
| prologue | introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action |
| recant | to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke |
| servile | overly submissive |
| trepidation | fear, trembling, agitiation |
| vilify | to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against |
| aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof | apart, indifferent |
| archaic | antiquated, old , out of use |
| assuage | to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
| belie | to contradict, to give a false impression |
| contentious | quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
| daunt | tro intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate | to weaken, to enfeeble |
| discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife |
| dissemination | the act of spreading widely; scattering |
| dogmatic | strongly opinioniated in an unwarranted manner |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
| euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive |
| gluttonous | greedy for food and drink |
| mundane | ordinary, common place |
| ominous | threatening |
| petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| trivia | insignificant matters |
| verbose | wordy, very talkative |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; hateful |
| volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |
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