Vocab 1
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fishywentpsycho Plus on September 29, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with gaining wealth or property |
| Animadversion | (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| Banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| Celerity | (n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| Congeal | (v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| Decry | (v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
| Eschew | (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| Eulogy | (n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
| Feckless | (adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
| Halcyon | (n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| Intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise; irreconcilable |
| Maelstrom | (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
| Nefarious | (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
| Pejorative | (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
| Piquant | (adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
| Reconnaissance | (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| Summarily | (adj.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| Temporize | (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| Undulate | (v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
| Verdant | (adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement |
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