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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstraction | deduction |
| affluence | abundance |
| assuage | pacify |
| dissident | disagreeing |
| effrontery | nerve, boldness |
| felicitous | apt, appropriate |
| ineluctable | certain |
| intransigent | stubborn |
| maligner | feigning incapacity |
| myriad | numberous |
| pedant | narrow-minded |
| peroration | conclusion |
| recalcitrant | uncooperative, resisting authority |
| stolid | unemotional, impasse |
| sybarite | luxuries |
| tirade | outburst |
| venal | corrupt |
| vagary | quirk |
| vicarious | substitute |
| vitiated | weakened |
| abstruse | difficult, deep |
| acrid | biting/sharp |
| affront | insult |
| anachronism | anomaly |
| cacophony | disharmony |
| chagrin | embarrassement |
| clandestine | sly |
| contumely | contempt |
| deprecate | oppose |
| desultory | occasional, random |
| eclectic | gathered from many sources |
| egregious | obvious |
| enamored | loving |
| eschew | shun |
| facile | easily influenced |
| fickle | changing |
| generic | general |
| impute | attribute |
| ineptitude | clumsiness |
| intrepid | brave |
| machiavellian | sly |
| mellifluous | smooth |
| ostentatious | showing off |
| pathos | pitifulness |
| pensive | absorbed, mediative |
| philistine | ignorant |
| poignant | sharp, keen |
| prate | chatter or babble |
| redress | remedy |
| reticent | reserved |
| satiated | fed-up |
| stacatto | disconnected |
| succinct | concise |
| sycophant | flatterers |
| tenacious | firm |
| tyro | beginner |
| vainglorious | proud |
| verbosity | redundancy |
| virtuoso | brilliant performer |
| vivacity | liveliness |
| wanton | immoral |
| abhor | hates |
| acme | highest point |
| amnesty | grant of immunity |
| bilious | bad-tempered |
| blase | bored |
| captious | sophistical |
| circumspect | careful |
| contraband | smuggled goods |
| countenance | facial expression |
| deletorious | harmful |
| despot | bully or dictator |
| erudite | scholarly |
| expatiate | expand |
| garrulous | talkative |
| gesticulate | make gestures |
| hue | shades |
| impasse | deadlock |
| ken | knowing |
| lucid | clear |
| mnemonic | memory-improvement |
| narcissistic | self-centered |
| odious | hateful |
| palpitate | pounded |
| paraphrase | restate |
| platonic | idealistic |
| pragmatic | practical |
| promiscuous | sexually uncontrolled |
| restive | restless |
| sardonic | sarcastic |
| sensuous | sensory |
| venal | corrupt |
| abnegation | giving up |
| harbinger | sign |
| hypochondriac | worried about health |
| juxtapose | set together |
| labyrinth | maze |
| nomad | wanderer |
| paradox | apparent contradiction |
| propinquity | closeness |
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