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alecchasef on November 17, 2010
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45 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 provocative | adj: tending to excite |
| bumpkin | n: awkward person |
| toady | n: a person who flatters for gain |
| culpable | adj: guilty |
| hortatory | adj: encouraging |
| penultimate | adj: next to last |
| orotund | adj: full and rich in sound |
| blithe | adj: carefree and lighthearted |
| soporific | adj: tending to induce sleep |
| pervasive | adj: spreading throughout |
| benign | adj: favorable |
| frenetic | adj: wildly excited |
| recrimination | n: a counter accusation |
| indecorous | adj: lacking good taste |
| corroborate | v: to strengthen by adding evidence |
| majordomo | n: a chief butler |
| untenable | adj: impossible to defend |
| perambulate | v: to walk about |
| veneer | n: a thin, attractive layer that conceals something common |
| timorous | adj: timid |
| luminous | adj: emitting light |
| circuitous | adj: indirect |
| perquisite | adj: a tip of payment |
| probity | n: respectability |
| polemical | adj: relating to controversy |
| tacit | adj: indicated but not expressed |
| largesse | n: generosity |
| indolent | adj: lazy |
| circumlocution | n: unnecessarily wordy |
| depredate | v: to plunder |
| canard | a deliberately misleading story |
| wont | likely |
| etymology | history of a word |
| cortege | a group of attendants |
| solecism | a deviation or error in speech, manners, or deeds |
| demotic | relating to ordinary people |
| simian | related to or resembling an ape or monkey |
| impresario | an entertainment producer |
| requisite | required |
| bulwark | a defensive wall |
| malaise | emotional discomfort or uneasiness |
| disingenuous | insincere |
| crescendo | a gradual increase in intensity, force, or volume |
| intransigent | uncompromising |
| dogged | unrelenting; persistent |
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