Flashcards: Vocab Quiz3
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berniebrug1 on December 2, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 languor | n. weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| recluse | n. a person who lives in seclusion |
| undulate | v. to form or move in waves, to rise and fall in volume |
| disquietude | n. anxiety, agitation, depression |
| indefatigable | adj. incaple of being fatigued |
| execrable | adj. detestable, very bad, wretched, something that's hated |
| cadaverously | adv. suggestive of corpses or tombs, dead-like |
| abrogate | v. to abolish by authoritative action, to annul |
| alacrity | n. cheerful readiness |
| remunerate | vb. to pay an equivalent for a service, loss or expense, to reimburse |
| skulk | v. to hide or conceal something (or someone) often out of cowardice or fear |
| lurid | adj. causing horror or revulsion |
| fatuity | n. something foolish or stupid |
| querulous | adj. habitually complaining |
| derision | n. the use of riducle, mockery or scorn to belittle or show contempt |
| imperturbable | adj. marked by extreme calm, impassivity, assurance, and steadiness |
| rankle | adj. to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| assiduously | adv. in a persistent energetic manner |
| staid | adj. marked by settled sedateness and often prim self- restraint |
| maxim | n. a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |