English vocab 2
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lealmcarter on October 5, 2010
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 banal | common; dull; ordinary |
| benevolent | kindly; good hearted |
| deter | to stop |
| diligent | hard-working |
| eccentric | odd; quirky |
| paucity | scarcity |
| refute | to disprove |
| subtle | not obvious |
| zeal | enthusiasm; zest |
| anecdote | a brief entertaining story |
| apocryphal | false |
| ascetic | without indulgence or luxury |
| atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| benign | not harmful |
| candid | honest and open |
| compliant | easy to persuade or control |
| emulate | to copy something admired |
| fastidious | finicky; overly critical |
| impartial | unbiased; neutral |
| innumerable | too many to number; many |
| insipid | bland; boring |
| meander | to wander slowly |
| obscure | unclear; clouded; partially hidden |
| revere | to worship or honor |
| superficial | on the surface; without depth or substance |
| authoritarian | dictator-like |
| brawn | bulk; muscle |
| coalesce | to come together; join together; to gel |
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