week 2
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cantankerous | having a difficult and contrary disposition |
| brusque | marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
| squalid | foul and run-down and repulsive |
| avarice | extreme greed for material wealth |
| dubious | fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
| capitulated | surrendered |
| corroborate | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
| duress | compulsory force or threat |
| foibles | a minor weakness or failing of character |
| forte | strong point |
| ascertain | find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort |
| opulent | rich and superior in quality |
| insolent | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
| interminable | tiresomely long |
| emulate | compete with successfully |
| conceit | the trait of being vain and conceited |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| denouement | the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work |
| elegy | a mournful poem |
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