Ivy Insiders Week 1-Tuesday
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stripesndots on September 6, 2010
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acuity | sharpness |
| Braggart | someone who boasts |
| Debunking | exposing false claims or myths |
| Epitomized | typified, characterized, personified |
| Hidebound | rigid in opinions |
| Languish | decay, fade away, get weaker |
| Obsequious | servile, submissive |
| Polemical | causing debate or argument |
| Restorative | a tonic |
| Thwart | prevent, frustrate |
| Adamant | forceful, inflexible |
| Brawny | muscular |
| Decathlon | an athletic competition with ten events |
| Equivocate | speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth |
| Hieroglyphics | picture writing; writing that is difficult to read/enigmatic |
| Larceny | theft, robbery, stealing |
| Obsession | a dominating concern |
| Ponderous | weighty, slow and heavy |
| Retention | preservation, withholding |
| Timorous | cowardly, fearful |
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