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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acrimonious | caustic |
| ameliorate | to make better, to relive, to improve |
| amenable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
| amporphous | shapeless, haveing no definite form |
| buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful |
| chole | to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, the wheedle |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| debase | to reduce in dignity or quality |
| efface | to erase, to wear away |
| elucidate | to make clear, to explain |
| ephermeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
| ferocity | savagery |
| flourish | to thrive, to grow well |
| haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
| impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated,not capable of being damaged |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid |
| indolence | laziness |
| infallible | incapable of error |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand; mysterious |
| languid | slow, sluggish, listless, weak |
| malice | desire to harm others |
| oblique | slanting, indirect,evasive, devious, misleading |
| opulence | wealth, afflucnce, abudance |
| penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant |
| perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest or care |
| antiquated | obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable |
| arable | fit for plowing, tillable |
| ascendancy | domination; growing power |
| atrophy | to waste away, to wither |
| clandestine | secret |
| conciliate | to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a freindship |
| cursory | superficial, casual, hastily done |
| derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| extricate | to free, to disentangle |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| garrulous | talkative, rambling |
| impetuous | violent, hasty, rash, impulsive |
| industrious | skillfully busy or occupied |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notorioulsy bad |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| levity | excessive frivolity, flippancy |
| oblivion | state of being forgotten |
| paradoxical | something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct |
| perjury | false testimony under oath |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity |
| sycophant | a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser |
| vacillating | changing, fluctuating |
| vivid | bright, distinct, and clear |
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