Flashcards: vocab
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berniebrug1 on January 8, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 deference | n. respect and esteem due to a superior or an elder |
| pestiferous | adj. dangerous to society, bad in general |
| reticence | n. the quality or state of being reserve/ restraint |
| indolent | adj. averse to activity, habitually lazy |
| gregarious | adj. tending to associate with others of one's kind; being social |
| prink | v. to dress, or adorn in a careful or finicky manner |
| acrid | adj. unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor |
| effeminate | adj. having feminine qualities untypical of a man, not manly in appearance or manner |
| timorous | adj. of a timid dispostion, fearful |
| inculpate | v. to incriminate, or to accuse someone of a crime |
| sordid | adj. morally ignoble or base; vile |
| ararice | n. excessive or insatiable desire for wealthy or gain; greediness |
| indigent | adj. suffering from extreme poverty; impoverished |
| fop | n. a man who is devoted or vain about his appearance or dress |
| disparage | v. to lower in rank, degrade |
| mendacious | adj. having lied in the past, or prone to lying anytime |
| inebriate | v. to make drunk, intoxicate |
| dissonance | n. lack of agreement, disagreement |
| interloper | n. one that interferes or thrusts himself in wrongly or officiously |
| salutary | adj. producing a beneficial effect; remedial, promoting health |