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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acquiesce | v- to agree or consent to: to give in |
| Acrimony | n- bitterness or ill feeling |
| Brook | v- to tolerate or allow |
| Circumspection | n- caution; wariness of taking risks |
| Conjecture | n- an opinion formed on the basis of incomplete evidence; a guess |
| Defer | v- to yield out of respect or regard for another |
| Depravity | n-moral corruption;profligacy, debauchery, dissipation, and obscenity |
| Discernment | n- keen perception, judgement, or insight |
| Duplicity | n- willful deceitfulness; double-dealing |
| Effusion | n- an outpouring of words and feelings |
| Equivocal | adj- ambiguous; open to more than one interpretation; deliberately misleading, vague, or evasive |
| Expedient | adj- suitable for achieving a particular result, often self-interestedly so |
| Forbearance | n- patient self control, restraint, and tolerance |
| Histrionic | adj- overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style |
| Indelicate | adj- having or showing lack of tact or sensitivity |
| Impute | v- to attribute a deed to another person (usually a bad deed or a fault) |
| Incredulous | adj- characterized by intense disbelief |
| Insipid | adj- lacking in taste; dull, lifeless, flavorless |
| Licentiousness | n- lack of moral restraint, especially sexually; a disregard for accepted rules |
| Mercenary | adj- primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics |
| Obsequious | adj- servilely compliant or deferential; fawning; obediently dutiful |
| Odious | adj- extremely offensive, unpleasant or repulsive; inclined to produce a feeling of hatred |
| Palatable | adj- acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste- savory, acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feelings |
| Pedantic | adj- excessive concern with academic learning or minute details, overly and condescendingly knowledgeable |
| Prodigious | adj- extraordinary in size or degree |
| Scruples | n- doubt or hesitation regarding a course of action that may be improper or immoral |
| Tacit | adj- understood without being openly expressed; implied |
| Alacrity | n-liveliness and eagerness |
| Affable | adj- friendly and approachable |
| Deign | v- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
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